agglomerate (noun)

  • 1agglomerate — ► VERB ▪ collect or form into a mass. ► NOUN ▪ a mass or collection of things. DERIVATIVES agglomeration noun. ORIGIN Latin agglomerare add to …

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  • 2agglomerate — index accumulate (amass), agglomeration, aggregate (noun), aggregate (verb), cement, coadunate, cohere ( …

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  • 3agglomerate — noun (singular, uncountable) technical a type of rock formed from pieces of material from a volcano that have melted together …

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  • 4agglomerate — I. transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin agglomeratus, past participle of agglomerare to heap up, join, from ad + glomer , glomus ball more at clam Date: 1684 to gather into a ball, mass, or cluster II. adjective Date: 1828 gathered… …

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  • 5agglomerate — verb ə glɒməreɪt collect or form into a mass or group. noun ə glɒmərət 1》 a mass or collection of things. 2》 Geology a volcanic rock consisting of large fragments bonded together. adjective ə glɒmərət collected or formed into a mass. Derivatives… …

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  • 6agglomerate — 1. adjective Collected into a ball, heap, or mass. Syn: agglomerated 2. noun a) A collection or mass …

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  • 7agglomerate — verb (agglomerated, agglomerating) –verb (t) /əˈglɒməreɪt / (say uh glomuhrayt) 1. to collect or gather into a mass. –verb (i) /əˈglɒməreɪt / (say uh glomuhrayt) 2. to take the shape of a mass. –adjective /əˈglɒmərət / (say uh glomuhruht) 3.… …

  • 8cumulation — noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other • Syn: ↑pile, ↑heap, ↑mound, ↑agglomerate, ↑cumulus • Derivationally related forms: ↑cumulous (for: ↑cumulus …

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  • 9agglomeration — noun (C, U) a large collection of things that do not seem to belong together: an agglomeration of facts agglomerate, verb agglomerate /rit/ adjective …

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  • 10compost pile — noun a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost • Syn: ↑compost heap • Hypernyms: ↑pile, ↑heap, ↑mound, ↑agglomerate, ↑cumulation, ↑cumulus * * * …

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