English Explanatory Dictionary

agglomerate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. collected into a ball, heap, or mass
noun
  1. A collection or mass.
  2. A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.
  3. An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.
verb
  1. To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
  2. To extend an urban area by contiguous development, so as to merge the built-up area of one or more central cities or settlements and their suburbs (thus creating an agglomeration).

Pronunciation

əglŏ'mərət /əˈɡlɒm(ə)ɹət/ /əˈɡlɑm(ə)ɹət/ en-us-agglomerate-noun.ogg əglŏ'mərāt /əˈɡlɒm(ə)ˌɹeɪt/ /əˈɡlɑ.mɚˌeɪt/ en-us-agglomerate-verb.ogg

Word forms

agglomerate more agglomerate most agglomerate agglomerates agglomerating agglomerated

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin glomus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin glomerō Latin agglomerō Latin agglomerātusbor. English agglomerate From Latin agglomerātus, past participle of agglomerō (“to wind into a ball”), from ad- (“to”) + glomerō (“to wind into a ball”), from glomus (“a ball”), akin to globus (“a ball”).

Synonyms

agglomerated agglomeration collection mass gather gather up merge pile up coalesce ball ball up bundle up clew conglobate conglobe globe orb wind amass

Related words

agglomeration agglomerative

Derived words

agglomeratic heteroagglomerate deagglomerate disagglomerate reagglomerate
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