agglomerate

Alternative forms

• aglomerate

Etymology

From 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
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈɡlɒməɹət/

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

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Adjective

agglomerate (comparative more agglomerate, superlative most agglomerate)

1. collected into a ball, heap, or mass

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.

Verb

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

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

Further reading

• agglomerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• agglomerate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• agglomerate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Verb

agglomerate

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

Verb

agglomerāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of agglomerō