[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/cluster/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / cluster # cluster noun (a cluster, clusters); verb (cluster, clusters, clustered, clustering) «cluster» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A cluster is a group of similar things close together, like a cluster of grapes or stars. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#m3) ### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#x1) - The Pleiades is a famous star cluster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#x2) - Children clustered around the teacher's desk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#x3) - The dots on the graph form a cluster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#x4) - «Spl» in «splash» is a consonant cluster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/#x5) - Mushrooms grew in clusters on the log. [tree →](https://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://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 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cluster/#x1) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cluster/#x2) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cluster/#x3) - My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi. (Writings SNG.1.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cluster/#x4) - This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. (Writings SNG.7.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cluster/#x5) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cluster/#x6) ### Note Countable. Past: clustered. In maths, a cluster on a chart means many values are close together. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «cluster» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cluster/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«cluster» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cluster.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «cluster» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cluster/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«cluster» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/cluster.html) on Mova free.