agglomerate
Plural: agglomerates
Noun
- volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- A collection or mass.
- A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.
- An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.
Verb
- form into one cluster
- To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
- To extend an urban area by contiguous development, so as to merge the built-up area of one or more central cities or settlements and their suburbs (thus creating an agglomeration).
Adjective Satellite
- clustered together but not coherent
- "an agglomerated flower head"
Adj
- collected into a ball, heap, or mass
Origin / Etymology
From Latin agglomerare (“to wind into a ball”), from ad (“to”) + glomerare (“to wind into a ball”), from glomus (“a ball”), akin to globus (“a ball”).
Synonyms
agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile, agglomeration, amass, ball, ball up, bundle up, clew, coalesce, collection, conglobate, conglobe, gather, gather up, globe, mass, merge, orb, pile up, wind
Scrabble Score: 15
agglomerate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordagglomerate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
agglomerate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary