nounπShareA group or bunch of several discrete items that are close to each other."A cluster of flowers grew in the pot."groupitemstructureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob."A cluster of students gathered outside the school after the bell rang. "groupamountmassessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other."The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars."astronomyspacegroupessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, bundle, or lexical bundle."examples of clusters would include "in accordance with", "the results of" and "so far""languagelinguisticswordphrasecommunicationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA secundal chord of three or more notes."The music teacher played a cluster of three notes on the piano. "musicsoundessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA group of consonants."The word "scrub" begins with a cluster of three consonants."grammarphoneticslanguagelinguisticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA group of computers that work together."The school's computer cluster helped students access research materials quickly. "technologycomputingmachineelectronicsinternetessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block)."The computer's hard drive organized the student's photos into several clusters of images. "computingtechnologytechnicalelectronicssystemunitstructureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA significant subset within a population."The students in the advanced math class formed a cluster of highly motivated learners. "groupstatisticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareSet of bombs or mines."The enemy dropped a cluster of bombs near the city. "militaryweaponwaressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before."The medal had a small cluster, showing that the recipient had won this award before. "militaryachievementheraldryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareEuphemism of clusterfuck."The meeting was a bit of a cluster. Everyone was talking at once, and nothing got decided. "curselanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn ensemble of bound atoms or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid."The scientist studied the cluster of atoms in the new material. "chemistryphysicsmaterialsubstanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo form a cluster or group."The children clustered around the puppy."grouporganizationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo collect into clusters."The students clustered around the teacher to ask questions after class. "groupessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo cover with clusters."The teacher clustered the students into small groups for the project. "natureplantgroupessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
