agglomerate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
  2. noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
    cumulus; pile; heap; mound; cumulation.
  3. verb form into one cluster
  4. adjective satellite clustered together but not coherent
    clustered; agglomerative; agglomerated.
    • an agglomerated flower head

WordNet

Ag*glom"er*ate transitive verb
Etymology
L. agglomeratus, p. p. of agglomerare; ad + glomerare to form into a ball. See Glomerate.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Agglomerated present participle & verbal noun Agglomerating
Definitions
  1. 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 intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To collect in a mass.
Ag*glom"er*ate, Ag*glom"er*a`ted adjective (Also<
  • Agglomerate
  • Agglomerated
)
Definitions
  1. Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.
  2. (Bot.) Collected into a rounded head of flowers.
Ag*glom"er*ate noun
Definitions
  1. A collection or mass.
  2. (Geol.) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.

Webster 1913