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Webster 1913 Edition


Agglomerate

Ag-glom′er-ate

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
I.
To collect in a mass.

Ag-glom′er-ate

,
Noun.
1.
A collection or mass.
2.
(Geol.)
A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; – distinguished from conglomerate.

Webster 1828 Edition


Agglomerate

AGGLOM'ERATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. agglomero, ad and glomero, to wind into a ball, from glomus a ball of yarn; from the Heb. to involve.]
To wind, or collect into a ball; to gather into a mass.

AGGLOM'ERATE

,
Verb.
I.
To gather, grow or collect into a ball or mass.

Definition 2024


agglomerate

agglomerate

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

agglomerate (comparative more agglomerate, superlative most agglomerate)

  1. collected into a ball, heap, or mass

Synonyms

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

Verb

agglomerate (third-person singular simple present agglomerates, present participle agglomerating, simple past and past participle agglomerated)

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

Synonyms


Italian

Verb

agglomerate

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

Latin

Verb

agglomerāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of agglomerō