[ag.glom.er.ate] vt -at.ed ; -at.ing [L agglomeratus, pp. of agglomerare to heap up, join, fr. ad- + glomer-, glomus ball--more at clam] (1684): to gather into a ball, mass, or cluster
[2]ag.glom.er.ate adj (1828): gathered into a ball, mass, or cluster; specif: clustered or growing together but not coherent "an ~ flower head" [3]ag.glom.er.ate n (1830) 1: a rock composed of volcanic fragments of various sizes and degrees of angularity
2: a jumbled mass or collection: agglomeration