clus|ter

clus|ter
clus|ter «KLUHS tuhr», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a number of things of the same kind growing or grouped together: »

a cluster of grapes, a little cluster of houses in the valley.

 SYNONYM(S): bunch, clump.
2. any group of persons or things: »

The citizens appeared in a cluster before the mayor's house.

SYNONYM(S): assemblage.
3. U.S. Army. a small metal device placed on the ribbon standing for a medal, to show that the same medal has been awarded again: »

an oak-leaf cluster.

4. Phonetics. a sequence of two or more vowel or, especially, consonant sounds. Str- in string is a consonant cluster.
5. Astronomy. a group of stars relatively close to each other and often found to have a common motion in space, especially a globular cluster.
–v.i.
to be in a bunch; gather in a group: »

The girls clustered around their teacher.

SYNONYM(S): assemble, collect, congregate, flock.
–v.t.
1. to gather into a cluster.
2. to furnish with clusters.
╂[Old English cluster, clustre]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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