cumulation

noun

Definition of cumulationnext
as in accumulation
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time the cumulation of grime on the stove was really disgusting

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  1. accumulation
  2. collection
  3. mixture
Noun
  • While the amount of snowfall expected varied from state to state, up to nine inches of accumulation was possible in Alaska's Municipality of Skagway and New York's Wayne and Cayuga counties, the NWS said.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • To not have, earlier in our assigning process, decided to interrogate the fraught and fractured gender dynamics of wealth accumulation, of corporate influence, of power.
    Katie Drummond, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of accumulation
Noun
  • Each collection is written and produced solely by Okereke in his home studio and with minimal tools.
    Thomas Smith, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The homeowner sent about 7 grams of the rock to Chris Herd, a curator of the University of Alberta's meteorite collection and professor in its science faculty, via the university's Meteorite Reporting System.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of collection
Noun
  • Make Caramel For caramel mixture, butter the sides of a heavy medium saucepan.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Wildfire smoke is a mixture of water vapor, gases, and microscopic particles known as particulate matter.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of mixture
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