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# conglomerate

noun (a conglomerate, conglomerates); adjective (conglomerate); verb (conglomerate — rare)

«conglomerate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (money, business) A big company made up of many different businesses that sell different things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#m1)
2. (science, geology) A kind of rock made of rounded pebbles and stones stuck together by finer material, like natural concrete. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#m2)
3. A mass of different things gathered together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#x1)
- The conglomerate owns a TV channel, a bank and a cereal brand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#x2)
- We found a piece of conglomerate on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#x3)
- Rounded pebbles in conglomerate were shaped by water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#x4)
- The big conglomerate bought the toy company. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#x5)
- The cliffs are made of conglomerate and sandstone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#x6)
- At first this temple was built of wood, then of stone, and the one lately discovered was formed of conglomerate of shells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#x7)

### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«conglomerate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conglomerate.html) on Mova free.