conglomerate
noun
• a thing consisting of a number of different and distinct parts or items that are grouped together.
• "the Earth is a specialized conglomerate of organisms"
Similar:
mixture,
mix,
combination,
mingling,
commingling,
amalgamation,
amalgam,
union,
conjunction,
marriage,
merging,
compound,
alloy,
fusion,
meld,
composite,
concoction,
synthesis,
homogenization,
miscellany,
jumble,
hotchpotch,
mash-up,
• a coarse-grained sedimentary rock composed of rounded fragments embedded in a matrix of cementing material such as silica.
• "the sediments vary from coarse conglomerate to fine silt and clay"
conglomerate
adjective
• relating to a conglomerate, especially a large corporation.
• "conglomerate firms"
conglomerate
verb
• gather together into a compact mass.
• "atoms which conglomerate at the centre"
Similar:
coalesce,
unite,
join together,
combine,
merge,
fuse,
consolidate,
amalgamate,
integrate,
mingle,
meld,
blend,
intermingle,
knit (together),
link up,
converge,
come together,
commingle,
Opposite:
split up,
Origin:
late Middle English (as an adjective describing something gathered up into a rounded mass): from Latin conglomeratus, past participle of conglomerare, from con- ‘together’ + glomus, glomer- ‘ball’. The geological sense dates from the early 19th century; the other noun senses are later.
