Agglomerate

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agglomerate \Ag*glom"er*ate\, v. i.
     To collect in a mass.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  agglomerate
       adj : clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower
             head" [syn: {agglomerated}, {agglomerative}, {clustered}]
       v : form into one cluster