conglomerate
noun (a conglomerate, conglomerates); adjective (conglomerate); verb (conglomerate — rare)
Everyday
- (money, business) A big company made up of many different businesses that sell different things. tree →
- (science, geology) A kind of rock made of rounded pebbles and stones stuck together by finer material, like natural concrete. tree →
- A mass of different things gathered together. tree →
In the lessons
In science lessons about rocks, conglomerate is a sedimentary rock: the rounded pebbles show they were once rolled by rivers or the sea. In money and business lessons, conglomerates own many brands. Related: agglomerate (with sharp pieces), breccia.
Examples
- Conglomerate rock looks like pebbles glued together. tree →
- The conglomerate owns a TV channel, a bank and a cereal brand. tree →
- We found a piece of conglomerate on the beach. tree →
- Rounded pebbles in conglomerate were shaped by water. tree →
- The big conglomerate bought the toy company. tree →
- The cliffs are made of conglomerate and sandstone. tree →
- At first this temple was built of wood, then of stone, and the one lately discovered was formed of conglomerate of shells. tree →
Note
Noun and adjective: «kon-GLOM-er-it»; rare verb: «kon-GLOM-er-ate». In geology: conglomerate has rounded pieces; breccia has sharp, broken pieces.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «conglomerate» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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