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Conglomerate

Conglomerate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Conglomerate? [n] a group of diverse companies run as a single organization [n] a composite rock made up of particles of varying size [adj] composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass; "the conglomerate peoples of New England" [v] collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Conglomerate: accumulate \| amass \| combined \| cumulate \| empire \| gather \| pile up \| pudding stone Related Terms \| Find terms related to Conglomerate: aa \| abyssal rock \| accumulate \| accumulated \| accumulation \| acervation \| adhere \| admix \| agglomerate \| agglomeration \| aggregate \| aggregation \| aggroup \| aktiebolag \| Aktiengesellschaft \| alloy \| amalgamate \| amalgamated \| amass \| amassed \| amassment \| ambiguous \| ambivalent \| amphibious \| assemble \| assembled \| assorted \| assortment \| basalt \| batch \| bedrock \| bemingle \| blend \| blended \| block \| block lava \| body \| body corporate \| brash \| breccia \| bring together \| bulk \| bunch \| bunch together \| bunch up \| bunched \| bundled \| business \| business establishment \| cake \| cartel \| chain \| chamber of commerce \| chunk \| clasp \| cleave \| clinch \| cling \| cling to \| clot \| clump \| clumped \| cluster \| clustered \| coagulate \| coalesce \| cohere \| collect \| collectanea \| collected \| colligate \| collocate \| combine \| combined \| commercial enterprise \| commingle \| commix \| compagnie \| company \| compare \| compile \| complex \| compose \| composite \| compound \| compounded \| concern \| concoct \| concrete \| concretion \| congeal \| congeries \| conglobation \| conglomerate corporation \| conglomeration \| congregate \| congregated \| consolidating company \| consortium \| copartnership \| corporate body \| corporation \| corral \| crag \| cumulate \| cumulation \| dappled \| dig up \| diversified corporation \| draw together \| dredge up \| drive together \| druid stone \| eclectic \| embrace \| emulsify \| enterprise \| equivocal \| fascicled \| fasciculated \| festooned pahoehoe \| fifty-fifty \| firm \| freeze to \| fuse \| gather \| gather in \| gather together \| gathered \| gathering \| get in \| get together \| glomerate \| glomeration \| gneiss \| gob \| granite \| grasp \| group \| grow together \| half-and-half \| hang on \| hang together \| hash \| heaped \| heterogeneous \| hodgepodge \| hold \| hold on \| hold together \| holding company \| homogenize \| house \| hug \| hunk \| igneous rock \| immingle \| immix \| in session \| indiscriminate \| industry \| integrate \| interblend \| interlace \| interlard \| intermingle \| intermix \| intertwine \| interweave \| intricate \| ironic \| join \| joined \| joint \| joint-stock association \| joint-stock company \| jumble \| jumbled \| juxtapose \| knead \| knot \| knotted \| lava \| leagued \| limestone \| living rock \| lump \| lump together \| lumped \| magma \| make up \| mantlerock \| many-sided \| mass \| massed \| match \| medley \| meeting \| merge \| metamorphic rock \| mingle \| mingled \| mingle-mangle \| miscellanea \| miscellaneous \| miscellany \| mix \| mix up \| mixed \| mixture \| mobilize \| monolith \| motley \| multifaceted \| multifarious \| multinational \| multiracial \| muster \| node \| oddments \| odds and ends \| omnium-gatherum \| operating company \| packaged \| pahoehoe \| pair \| partner \| partnership \| patchy \| persist \| piled \| pillow lava \| plunderbund \| pluralistic \| pool \| porphyry \| promiscuous \| public utility \| pudding stone \| put together \| raise \| rake up \| rally \| regolith \| rock \| ropy lava \| round up \| rubble \| rubblestone \| sandstone \| sarsen \| schist \| scoria \| scramble \| scrambled \| scrape together \| scree \| sedimentary rock \| set \| shelly pahoehoe \| shuffle \| snowball \| solid \| solid body \| solidify \| stacked \| stay \| stay put \| stick \| stick together \| stir up \| stock company \| stockpile \| stone \| sundries \| syncretic \| syncretize \| syndicate \| take hold of \| take up \| talus \| throw together \| thrown together \| toss together \| trade association \| trust \| tufa \| tuff \| utility \| varied \| variety \| wad \| whip in \| work \| wrapped up See Also \| accrete \| backlog \| corp \| corporation \| drift \| increase \| publishing conglomerate \| publishing empire \| rock \| stone Conglomerate In Webster's Dictionary \Conglom"erate\, a. [L. conglomeratus, p. p. of conglomerare to roll together; con- + glomerare to wind into a ball. See {Glomerate}.] 1. Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light. Beams of light when they are multiplied and conglomerate. --Bacon. Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands. --Cheyne. 2. (Bot.) Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers. --Gray. 3. (Geol.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together. \Conglom"erate\, n. 1. That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation. A conglomerate of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously heaped together. --Trench. 2. (Geol.) A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; -- opposed to agglomerate. See {Breccia}. A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement. --Lyell. \Conglom"erate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conglomerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conglomerating}.] To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.

Conglomerate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Conglomerate?

[n] a group of diverse companies run as a single organization
[n] a composite rock made up of particles of varying size
[adj] composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass; "the conglomerate peoples of New England"
[v] collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"

Conglomerate In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*glom"er*ate\, a. [L. conglomeratus, p. p. of
conglomerare to roll together; con- + glomerare to wind into
a ball. See {Glomerate}.]
1. Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together;
   concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light.

         Beams of light when they are multiplied and
         conglomerate.                         --Bacon.

         Fluids are separated in the liver and the other
         conglobate and conglomerate glands.   --Cheyne.

2. (Bot.) Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as,
   conglomerate flowers. --Gray.

3. (Geol.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of
   rocks, cemented together.


\Con*glom"er*ate\, n.
1. That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from
   various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection;
   accumulation.

         A conglomerate of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously
         heaped together.                      --Trench.

2. (Geol.) A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone
   cemented together by another mineral substance, either
   calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; --
   opposed to agglomerate. See {Breccia}.

         A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound
         together by a cement.                 --Lyell.


\Con*glom"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Conglomerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conglomerating}.]
To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.

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