cluster

Everyday

1. A cluster is a group of similar things close together, like a cluster of grapes or stars. tree →
2. To cluster means to gather or stay close together in a group. tree →
3. (language) A consonant cluster is a group of consonant letters together in a word, like «str» in «string». tree →

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 →
• The Pleiades is a famous star cluster. tree →
• Children clustered around the teacher's desk. tree →
• The dots on the graph form a cluster. tree →
• «Spl» in «splash» is a consonant cluster. tree →
• Mushrooms grew in clusters on the log. tree →
• A FAMISHED FOX saw some clusters of ripe black grapes hanging from a trellised vine. tree →

Note

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

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The cluster of grapes that the spies cut at Eshcol was so large it was carried on a pole by two men. The tradition reads it as showing the richness of the land, though the spies used it to frighten Israel. In the primary 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

• That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence. — (Torah NUM.13.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• and in the vine were three branches; and as it was budding, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes, (Torah GEN.40.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter; (Torah DEU.32.32, JPS 1917) tree →
• My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi. (Writings SNG.1.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. (Writings SNG.7.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• Woe is me! for I am as the last of the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage; there is no cluster to eat; nor first-ripe fig which my soul desireth. (Prophets MIC.7.1, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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