A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
a cluster of islands
A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
VVe lou'd him, / But like Beaſts / And Covvardly Nobles, / Gaue vvay vnto your Cluſters, vvho did hoote / Him out o' th' Citty.
Euphemistic form of clusterfuck (“a chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong”).
To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun noun, sense 1).
The consciousness of such an action will give her features a nobler life on this illustrious day, than all the jewels that can hang in her hair or can be clustered in her bosom.
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-German...
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To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.
The sea is clustered with islands.
To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.
The children clustered around the puppy.