Definition of "agglutinate" in English

adjective

1. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.

2. (linguistics) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning.

   • an agglutinate language
   • an agglutinate family of languages

verb

1. (transitive) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.

2. (linguistics) To form through agglutination.

noun

1. (countable) A clump of agglutinated material.

   • In some soils, agglutinates are a major constituent.

2. (uncountable) Agglutinated material.

   • The formation of agglutinate is more abundant in mature regolith.