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# cluster

«cluster» in Mova's school dictionary: **a group of similar things close together, like a cluster…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a cluster, clusters); verb (cluster, clusters, clustered, clustering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A cluster is a group of similar things close together, like a cluster of grapes or stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#m1)

2) To cluster means to gather or stay close together in a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#m2)

3) (language) A consonant cluster is a group of consonant letters together in a word, like «str» in «string». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science (star clusters, flowers, cells); in maths and statistics, clusters on a graph or chart where many data points group together; in phonics lessons, consonant clusters; in everyday life, people cluster round something.

### examples

- A cluster of grapes hung from the vine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#x1)
- The Pleiades is a famous star cluster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#x2)
- Children clustered around the teacher's desk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#x3)
- The dots on the graph form a cluster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#x4)
- «Spl» in «splash» is a consonant cluster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#x5)
- Mushrooms grew in clusters on the log. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#x6)
- A FAMISHED FOX saw some clusters of ripe black grapes hanging from a trellised vine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#x7)

### note

Countable. Past: clustered. In maths, a cluster on a chart means many values are close together.

### In the corpora

- [That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.512/)
- [My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.13/)
- [This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.111/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cluster» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.