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conglomerate
/kənˈɡlɑ.mɚ.ət/
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What does conglomerate mean?
noun
- 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.
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adjective
- Clustered together into a mass.
- Composed of fragments of rock, pebbles, or stones cemented together.
- Made up of heterogeneous elements; composite.
verb
- To combine together into a larger mass.
- To combine together into a larger corporation.
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IPA pronunciation
/kənˈɡlɑ.mɚ.ət/
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/kənˈɡlɑm.ɹət//kənˈɡlɑ.məˌɹeɪt/
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The result is a conglomerate, the cement of which consists in the mechanics of the school program or time table.
The village is built on a rocky bank, composed of the same coarse conglomerate as that already so often mentioned.
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At the height of a few hundred feet above the plain patches of conglomerate adhered in several places to the solid rock.
In soft snow enormous headway can be made in a short space of time, but in that species of conglomerate, progress is slow.
On the western declivity of the hill of Cabo Blanco, the gneiss is covered with a formation of sandstone, or conglomerate, extremely recent.