cluster
/ˈklʌstɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.99 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "a cluster of islands"
- "A cluster of flowers grew in the pot."
- "Her deeds vvere like great gluſters of ripe grapes, / VVhich load the bunches of the fruitfull vine: / Offring to fall into each mouth that gapes, / And fill the ſame vvith ſtore of timely vvine."
- "VVoe is mee, for I am as when they haue gathered the ſummer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluſter to eate: my ſoule deſired the firſt ripe fruit."
- "The Father of Nic. Fontanus ſavv five Vertebræ or VVhirle-bones of the Spina in a cluſter like a round ball, in the Body of a Porter that carried burthens."
- "Then I ſavv in my Dream, that theſe good Companions, vvhen Chriſtian vvas gone dovvn to the bottom of the Hill, gave him a loaf of Bread, a bottle of VVine, and a cluſter of Raiſins; and then he vvent on his vvay."
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). The English word is probably a doublet of clot. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Dutch klister (“cluster”) (dialectal) * Icelandic klasi (“cluster; bunch of grapes”) * Low German Kluuster (“cluster”) * Swedish kluster (“cluster”)
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈklʌstɚ/
- British English: /ˈklʌstə/
Usage
- American usage
- Slang
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb
Inflected Forms
clusters (plural)
clusters (present, singular)
clustering (participle, present)
clustered (participle, past)
clustered (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
clustered (first person, past)
clusterest (archaic, present)
clustered (past, second person)
clusteredst (archaic, past)
clustereth (archaic, present)