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Agglomerate

noun

Volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together.

A collection of objects laid on top of each other. Synonyms: cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile.

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"Agglomerate" Quotes from Famous Books

... repress the licentiousness of the one, than to curb the tyranny of the other. Besides, it at all times provides a remedy for the inexperience or ignorance of governors; and is a sort of nucleus, round which all new bodies may easily agglomerate. Like a handful of veterans in a newly raised regiment, it will be capable of setting in motion the whole machinery of the government, and establishing with the greatest celerity that organization and discipline which are as ...

— Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land • William Charles Wentworth

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