Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Conglomeration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass; the state of being gathered into a ball; conglomeration.
- noun That which is formed into a ball; a ball.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of forming or gathering into a
ball or round mass;conglomeration . - noun That which is formed into a ball.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word glomeration.
Examples
-
Their con - glomeration of ligament and bone prevented blood from circulating well there.
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
-
Their con - glomeration of ligament and bone prevented blood from circulating well there.
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
-
It may be also that the water itself hath some sweetnesse: for the Raine Bow consisteth of a glomeration of small drops which cannot possibly fall but from the Aire that is very low.
-
Many men fancy that the slight injuries done by each single act of intemperance, are like the glomeration of moonbeams upon moonbeams -- myriads will not amount to
Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
-
When they got me 'way out inter the mountings, where no huming but an Injin (ef they are humings) uver trod the sile, after wavin', brandisherin ', and gleameratin' thar tommyhocks over my knowledge-box for a long spell, and then thar butcher-knives in the same threatnin 'aspex, they helt a council over my case, and after much glomeration of talk they decided to head me up tight in a bar'l, and let me starve to death.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.