Ag*glom"er*ate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Agglomerated (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Agglomerating (&?;).] [L. agglomeratus, p. p. of agglomerare; ad + glomerare to form into a ball. See Glomerate.] To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

Where he builds the agglomerated pile.
Cowper.

Ag*glom"er*ate, v. i. To collect in a mass.

{ Ag*glom"er*ate (&?;), Ag*glom"er*a`ted (&?;), } a. 1. Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.

2. (Bot.) Collected into a rounded head of flowers.

Ag*glom"er*ate (&?;), n. 1. A collection or mass.

2. (Geol.) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.

• Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.
  
• A collection or mass.
  
• A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.
  
• To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
  
• To collect in a mass.