[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conglomerate.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / conglomerate

[← C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/C/)

# conglomerate

«conglomerate» in Mova's school dictionary: **A big company made up of many different businesses that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) (money, business) A big company made up of many different businesses that sell different things. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#m2)

3) A mass of different things gathered together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#m3)

### sense 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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#x2)
- We found a piece of conglomerate on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#x3)
- Rounded pebbles in conglomerate were shaped by water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#x4)
- The big conglomerate bought the toy company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/#x5)
- The cliffs are made of conglomerate and sandstone. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [Conglomerate is a rock made of rounded pebbles, rolled smooth by rivers or waves, cemented together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «conglomerate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conglomerate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.