Sekirov Dictionary

agglomerate

UK /əˈɡlɒm(ə)ɹət/US /əˈɡlɑm(ə)ɹət/

noun 3
adjective 1
/əˈɡlɑ.mɚˌeɪt/ verb 2
forms 5

noun3

A collection or mass.
A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.
An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.

adjective1

collected into a ball, heap, or mass

agglomerate

UK /əˈɡlɒm(ə)ˌɹeɪt/US /əˈɡlɑ.mɚˌeɪt/

verb2

•
To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
- There were few white friends in the social life of the peasants. The white colony agglomerated in the towns and the peasants were 80 per cent of a population of a million. — 1937
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).

forms

agglomerated · agglomerating · agglomerates · more agglomerate · most agglomerate

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