conglomerate
n
1 a thing composed of heterogeneous elements; mass
2 any coarse-grained sedimentary rock consisting of rounded fragments of rock embedded in a finer matrix
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3
3 a large corporation consisting of a group of companies dealing in widely diversified goods, services, etc.
vb
4 to form into a cluster or mass
adj
5 made up of heterogeneous elements; massed
6 (of sedimentary rocks) consisting of rounded fragments within a finer matrix
(C16: from Latin conglomerare to roll up, from glomerare to wind into a ball, from glomus ball of thread)