Definitions for: Agglomerate


[adj] clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower head"
[v] form into one cluster



Webster (1913) Definition: Ag*glom"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Agglomerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Agglomerating.] [L.
agglomeratus, p. p. of agglomerare; ad + glomerare to form
into a ball. See Glomerate.]
To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass
or anything like a mass.

Where he builds the agglomerated pile. --Cowper.


Ag*glom"er*ate, v. i.
To collect in a mass.


Ag*glom"er*ate, Agglomerated Ag*glom"er*a`ted,
a.
1. Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.

2. (Bot.) Collected into a rounded head of flowers.


Ag*glom"er*ate, n.
1. A collection or mass.

2. (Geol.) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by
heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.

Synonyms: agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered, collective

See Also: bunch, bunch up, bundle, clump, cluster

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