conglomerate
Meanings
Plural: conglomerates
Noun
- a composite rock made up of particles of varying size
- a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
- A cluster of heterogeneous things.
- A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.
- A rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix.
Verb
- collect or gather
- To combine together into a larger mass.
- To combine together into a larger corporation.
Adjective Satellite
- composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass
- "the conglomerate peoples of New England"
Adj
- Clustered together into a mass.
- Composed of fragments of rock, pebbles, or stones cemented together.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in the second part of the 16ᵗʰ century; from Latin conglomerātus, perfect passive participle of conglomerō (“to pile into a heap, to roll together”) (see -ate (Etymology 1,2 and 3)), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + glomerāre (from glomerō (“to pile into a heap, to make into a ball, glomerate”), from glomus (“ball of thread; ball-shaped mass”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball; ball”)).
Synonyms
accumulate, amass, cumulate, empire, gather, pile up, pudding stone
Scrabble Score: 17
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