- a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch: a cluster of grapes.
- a group of things or persons close together: There was a cluster of tourists at the gate.
- a small metal design placed on a ribbon representing an awarded medal to indicate that the same medal has been awarded again: oak-leaf cluster.
- a succession of two or more contiguous consonants in an utterance, as the str- cluster of strap.
- a group of neighboring stars, held together by mutual gravitation, that have essentially the same age and composition and thus supposedly a common origin.
- to gather into a cluster or clusters.
- to furnish or cover with clusters.
- to form a cluster or clusters: The people clustered around to watch.
- a number of things growing, fastened, or occurring close together
- a number of persons or things grouped together
- a metal insignia worn on a medal ribbon to indicate a second award or a higher class of a decoration or order
- military
- a group of bombs dropped in one stick, esp fragmentation and incendiary bombs
- the basic unit of mines used in laying a minefield
- an aggregation of stars or galaxies moving together through space
- a group of two or more consecutive vowels or consonants
- a naturally occurring subgroup of a population used in stratified sampling
- chem
- a chemical compound or molecule containing groups of metal atoms joined by metal-to-metal bonds
- the group of linked metal atoms present
- to gather or be gathered in clusters
