What does "glomerate" mean?

To gather or wind into a ball; to collect (threads, etc.) into a spherical form or mass.

What is a synonym for "glomerate"?

Common synonyms include: aggregate, amassed, assembled, collected, collected, combined.

adj, verb

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Verb

1
To gather or wind into a ball; to collect (threads, etc.) into a spherical form or mass.

Adjective

1
Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate. not-comparable

Borrowed from Latin glomerātus, perfect passive participle of to glomerate, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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