[syn: agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Agglomerate \Ag*glom"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Agglomerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Agglomerating.] [L.
agglomeratus, p. p. of agglomerare; ad + glomerare to form
into a ball. See Glomerate.]
To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass
or anything like a mass.
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Where he builds the agglomerated pile. --Cowper.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Agglomerate \Ag*glom"er*ate\, v. i.
To collect in a mass.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Agglomerate \Ag*glom"er*ate\, Agglomerated \Ag*glom"er*a`ted\,
a.
1. Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.
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2. (Bot.) Collected into a rounded head of flowers.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Agglomerate \Ag*glom"er*ate\, n.
1. A collection or mass.
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2. (Geol.) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by
heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
agglomerate
adj 1: clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated
flower head" [syn: agglomerate, agglomerated,
agglomerative, clustered]
n 1: volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
2: a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn:
pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation,
cumulus]
v 1: form into one cluster