agglomerate

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Pronunciation

• • (RP) IPA: /əˈɡlɒməɹət/
• Verb:
  • (RP) IPA: /əˈɡlɒməɹeɪt/

Adjective

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

agglomerate (agglomerates, present participle agglomerating; past and past participle agglomerated)

1. (ambitransitive) 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

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