Cluster

Quick meaning: Cluster is a noun meaning A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.

Meaning

A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.

More Meanings

1. A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
2. To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun sense 1).
3. To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.
4. (intransitive) To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.
5. (slang) Euphemistic form of clusterfuck (“a chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong”).

Example Sentences

a cluster of islands

A cluster of flowers grew in the pot.

Spread all thy Purple Cluſters, Tempting Vine, / And Thou, once Dreaded Foe, Bright Beauty, ſhine, […]

[A]ll the cluſter of Iſlands lying South of the Audeman [i.e., Andaman] Iſlands are called by our Seamen the Nicobar Iſlands.

Word Forms

• clusters
• clustering
• clustered
• clusterest
• clusteredst
• clustereth

Synonyms for cluster

Depending on context, synonyms include constellate, clump, bunch, bundle, flock.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bunch, bundle, clump, constellate, flock, agglomeration.

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