Agglomerate

Pronunciation

• Adjective, noun:
• AHD: É™glŏ'mÉ™rÉ™t
• RP IPA: /əˈɡlÉ’mÉ™rÉ™t/
• Verb:
• AHD: É™glŏ'mÉ™rāt
• RP IPA: /əˈɡlÉ’mÉ™reɪt/

Origin

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").

Adjective

1. Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.

Synonyms

• agglomerated

Full definition of agglomerate

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

• amass, bundle up, gather, gather up, wind