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cluster definition

clus·ter (klus′tər)

noun

  1. a number of things of the same sort gathered together or growing together; bunch
  2. a number of persons, animals, or things grouped together
  3. Phonet. a group of nonsyllabic phonemes, esp. a group of two or more consecutive consonants

Etymology: ME < OE clyster, cluster; akin to north Ger dial. kluster, claw, clot

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to gather or grow in a cluster or clusters

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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