conglomeration Definition

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.