Meaning of AGGLOMERATE
Pronunciation: | | u'glâmu`reyt
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [adj] clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower head"
- [v] form into one cluster
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AGGLOMERATE is a 11 letter word that starts with A. |
| Synonyms: | | agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered, collective |
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| See Also: | | bunch, bunch up, bundle, clump, cluster | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
Where he builds the agglomerated pile. --Cowper.
\Ag*glom"er*ate\, v. i.
To collect in a mass.
\Ag*glom"er*ate\, Agglomerated \Ag*glom"er*a`ted\,
a.
1. Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.
2. (Bot.) Collected into a rounded head of flowers.
\Ag*glom"er*ate\, n.
1. A collection or mass.
2. (Geol.) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by
heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.
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