conglomerate

Meanings

Noun

Adjective

  • Clustered together into a mass.
  • Composed of fragments of rock, pebbles, or stones cemented together.

Verb

  • To combine together into a larger mass.
  • To combine together into a larger corporation.

Origin

  • From Latin conglomerātus, past participle of conglomerāre, from con- (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ("beside, by, near, with")) + glomerāre (from glomerō, from glomus, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- ("to form into a ball; ball")).

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