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agglomerate

/əɡˈlɒməˌeɪt/uh-GLO-mur-ayt
/əɡˈlɑmɚˌeɪt/uh-GLAH-mur-ayt

Meaningto ball together

Common meaning: to heap up into a ball or lump

‘to, towards (form of ad-)’ + ‘a ball of yarn’ → agglomerate

Journey through time

  1. Latinglomus, glomeris‘a ball of yarn’
  2. Englishagglomerate‘to heap up into a ball or lump’ · today

ag- also in: aggregateaggrandiseagglutinate

glomer also in: conglomerate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin glomus ‘a ball of yarn’.

Roots

Related words

conglomerate

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