The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CLUSTER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CLUSTER
- American general gathers large group together
- Fifty in general, small group
- Group of 50, in general
- Last standing officer corrals large group
- Church right to suppress sexual desire in mass
- Group line should be held in general
- Sort of bomb left in possession of US general
- Group of fifty imprisoned by US general
- . Church rigorously beginning to suppress sensuality of group
- Crowd-up when sculpture broke
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What does CLUSTER mean?
CLUSTER noun- A group or bunch of several discrete items that are close to each other.
- A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
- A group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other.
- A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, bundle, or lexical bundle.
- A secundal chord of three or more notes.
- A group of consonants.
- A group of computers that work together.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block).
- A significant subset within a population.
- Set of bombs or mines.
- A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before.
- Euphemism of clusterfuck.
- An ensemble of bound atoms or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
- To form a cluster or group.
- To collect into clusters.
- To cover with clusters.