agglomerate

1. 1.

   form into one cluster

   Broaderbunch

1. 1.

   clustered together but not coherent

   “an agglomerated flower head”

   Synonymsagglomeratedagglomerativeclustered

   Similarcollective

Other forms of agglomerate

plural

agglomerates·

past tense

agglomerated·

present participle

agglomerating·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about agglomerate

What does agglomerate mean?

agglomerate means "volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in agglomerate?

agglomerate has 4 syllables: ag-glo-me-rate. The stress falls on "glo". In IPA it is /əˈɡlɑmɚˌeɪt/.

What is another word for agglomerate?

Close synonyms include pile, heap, mound, cumulation, cumulus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is agglomerate a common word?

agglomerate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with agglomerate?

95 words rhyme with agglomerate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.