cluster
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
Noun 2 meanings
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
“a cluster of islands”
A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
Verb 3 meanings
To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun sense 1).
To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.
“The sea is clustered with islands.”
To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.
“The children clustered around the puppy.”
Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English cluster (“bunch, cluster, spray; compact body or mass, ball”) [and other forms], from Old English cluster, clyster (“cluster, bunch, branch”), from Proto-Germanic *klas-, *klus- (“to clump, lump together”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; to clench; to amass”)) + *-þrą (suffix forming nouns denoting an instrument or tool).
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CLUSTER at a glance
CLUSTER has 7 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (C 3 + L 1 + U 1 + S 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,093 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cluster
All rhymes- AFTER8
- BETTER8
- WATER8
- LATER5
- MATTER8
- CENTER8
- CHARACTER16
- DAUGHTER13
- MINISTER10
- COMPUTER14
- LETTER6
- SISTER6
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- CLUTTER9
- BLUSTER9
- FLUSTER10
- CLYSTER12
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