AGGLOMERATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does agglomerate mean? 

• AGGLOMERATE (noun)
  The noun AGGLOMERATE has 2 senses:

1. volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together

2. a collection of objects laid on top of each other

  Familiarity information: AGGLOMERATE used as a noun is rare.

• AGGLOMERATE (adjective)
  The adjective AGGLOMERATE has 1 sense:

1. clustered together but not coherent

  Familiarity information: AGGLOMERATE used as an adjective is very rare.

• AGGLOMERATE (verb)
  The verb AGGLOMERATE has 1 sense:

1. form into one cluster

  Familiarity information: AGGLOMERATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGGLOMERATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("agglomerate" is a kind of...):

volcanic rock (extrusive igneous rock solidified near or on the surface of the Earth)

Derivation:

agglomerate (form into one cluster)

agglomerate (clustered together but not coherent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A collection of objects laid on top of each other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

agglomerate; cumulation; cumulus; heap; mound; pile

Hypernyms ("agglomerate" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agglomerate"):

compost heap; compost pile (a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost)

dunghill; midden; muckheap; muckhill (a heap of dung or refuse)

scrapheap (pile of discarded metal)

shock (a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field)

slagheap (pile of waste matter from coal mining etc)

stack (an orderly pile)

funeral pyre; pyre (wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite)

woodpile (a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel)

stockpile (a storage pile accumulated for future use)

Derivation:

agglomerate (form into one cluster)

agglomerate (clustered together but not coherent)

• AGGLOMERATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clustered together but not coherent

Synonyms:

agglomerate; agglomerated; agglomerative; clustered

Context example:

an agglomerated flower head

Similar:

collective (forming a whole or aggregate)

Derivation:

agglomerate (a collection of objects laid on top of each other)

agglomerate (volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together)

• AGGLOMERATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they agglomerate    ... he / she / it agglomerates   
Past simple: agglomerated   
Past participle: agglomerated   
-ing form: agglomerating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form into one cluster

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "agglomerate" is one way to...):

bunch; bundle; clump; cluster (gather or cause to gather into a cluster)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

agglomerate (a collection of objects laid on top of each other)

agglomerate (volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together)

agglomerative (clustered together but not coherent)

agglomerator (a device that causes material to gather into rounded balls)

 Context examples 

The process of forming granules using meltable binders to agglomerate dry powders under elevated temperatures resulting in granules suitable for filling or compression.

(Fluidized Hot Melt Granulation, NCI Thesaurus)