agglomerate

Etymology
From, from + , from , akin to.

Pronunciation

 * Adjective, noun:
 * AHD: əglŏ'mərət
 * Verb:
 * AHD: əglŏ'mərāt
 * Verb:
 * AHD: əglŏ'mərāt
 * AHD: əglŏ'mərāt

Adjective

 * 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.

Synonyms

 * (collection or mass): agglomeration, collection, mass

Translations

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 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 集塊岩
 * Dutch:
 * Polish:

Verb

 * 1)  To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
 * 2) * 1820,, “Explanations—Conversation on the Drama with Coleridge” in Dramatic Essays London: Scott, 1895, p.197,
 * His [ ’s ] tragedies are not poetry, are not passion, are not imagination: they are a parcel of set speeches, of epigrammatic conceits, of declamatory phrases, without any of the glow, and glancing rapidity, and principle of fusion in the mind of the poet, to agglomerate them into grandeur, or blend them into harmony.
 * 1)  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).
 * 1)  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).
 * 1)  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).
 * 1)  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).

Synonyms

 * ,, , , ; see also Thesaurus:pile up or Thesaurus:coalesce
 * ,, , , ; see also Thesaurus:pile up or Thesaurus:coalesce

Translations

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