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conglomerated Definition


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conglomerate
noun
    1. A miscellaneous collection or mass.
      Thesaurus: aggregate, medley, combination, agglomerate.
    2. geol.
      A sedimentary rock consisting of small rounded pebbles embedded in a fine matrix of sand or silt.
    3. A business group composed of a large number of firms with diverse and often unrelated interests.
adj
    1. Composed of miscellaneous things.
      Thesaurus: bunched, clustered; heterogeneous, composite.
verb
    intr
    conglomerated, conglomerating
    1. To accumulate into a mass.
      Thesaurus: collect, accumulate, mass, assemble, gather, congregate, agglutinate, clump; Antonym: separate.
Derivative: conglomeration
noun
    Etymology: 17c: from Latin conglomerare, conglomeratum to roll together, from glomerare to form into a ball.



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