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agglomerate
[ verb uh-glom-uh-reyt; adjective noun uh-glom-er-it, -uh-reyt ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to collect or gather into a cluster or mass.
Synonyms: accumulate, amass, assemble
adjective
- gathered together into a cluster or mass.
- Botany. crowded into a dense cluster, but not cohering.
noun
- a mass of things clustered together.
- rock composed of rounded or angular volcanic fragments.
agglomerate
verb
- to form or be formed into a mass or cluster; collect
noun
- a confused mass
- a rock consisting of angular fragments of volcanic lava Compare conglomerate
adjective
- formed into a mass
Derived Forms
- agˌglomerˈation, noun
- agˈglomerative, adjective
Other Words From
- ag·glom·er·a·tive [uh, -, glom, -, uh, -rey-tiv, -er-, uh, -tiv], adjective
- ag·glomer·ator noun
- nonag·glomer·ative adjective
- unag·glomer·ative adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of agglomerate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of agglomerate1
Example Sentences
The phenomena presented by the necks of intrusive rock do not differ from those characteristic of agglomerate or tuff necks.
Unfortunately, the moral tone of this agglomerate population is deplorable, and money is spent in a reckless way.
The finer sense detects the differences of them, and begins, first to agglomerate, then to distinguish them.
Nowhere in Antrim is there such a display of volcanic ash and agglomerate as at this spot.
Amongst the vents filled with ash and agglomerate, the most remarkable is that of Carrick-a-raide, near Ballycastle.
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