- 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.