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breakfast cereal consisting of agglomerated clusters of wheat, rice, and nuts stays crunchy in milk
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The first human brain balls—aka cortical spheroids, aka neural organoids—agglomerated into existence just a few short years ago.
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Definition of agglomerate
: gathered into a ball, mass, or cluster;
specifically
: clustered or growing together but not coherent
- an agglomerate flower head
Origin and Etymology of agglomerate
borrowed from Latin agglomerātus, past participle of agglomerāre "to heap up, mass together" — more at 1agglomerate
Other Botany Terms
Definition of agglomerate
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: a rock composed of volcanic fragments of various sizes and degrees of angularity
2
: a jumbled mass or collection : agglomeration
Examples of agglomerate in a Sentence
the Holy Roman Empire was an ever-varying agglomerate of central European states that managed to survive for 1,000 years
Origin and Etymology of agglomerate
borrowed from Latin agglomerātus, past participle of agglomerāre "to heap up, mass together" — more at 1agglomerate
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First Known Use: 1830
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Synonyms
agglomeration, assortment, clutter, collage, grab bag, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jumble, litter, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, muddle, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, patchwork, potpourri, ragbag, rummage, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, smorgasbord, tumble, variety, welter;
Related Words
notions, oddments, odds and ends, sundries;
admixture, alloy, amalgam, blend, combination, commixture, composite, compound, fusion, intermixture, mix-up;
Other Geology Terms
anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of agglomerate
agglomerated;
agglomerating
: to gather into a ball, mass, or cluster
medical Definition of agglomerate
: a jumbled mass or collection
- probably a virus or agglomerates of a virus
- —E. A. Steinhaus
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