agglomerate

English

Alternative forms

• aglomerate

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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”).

Pronunciation

• Adjective, noun:
  • AHD: əglŏ'mərət
  • IPA^(key): /əˈɡlɒməɹət/

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• Verb:
  • AHD: əglŏ'mərāt
  • IPA^(key): /əˈɡlɒməɹeɪt/

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Adjective

agglomerate (comparative more agglomerate, superlative most agglomerate)

1. collected into a ball, heap, or mass

Synonyms

• agglomerated

Noun

agglomerate (plural agglomerates)

1. A collection or mass.
2. (geology) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.
3. (meteorology) An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.

Synonyms

• (collection or mass): agglomeration, collection, mass

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

Synonyms

• (collect into a ball): ball, ball up, bundle up, clew, conglobate, conglobe, globe, orb, wind
• (gather into a mass): amass, gather, gather up, merge, pile up; see also Thesaurus:pile up or Thesaurus:coalesce

Further reading

• “agglomerate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “agglomerate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “agglomerate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Italian

Verb

agglomerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of agglomerare
2. second-person plural imperative of agglomerare
3. feminine plural of agglomerato

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) agglomerāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of agglomerō