[con.glom.er.ate] adj [L conglomeratus, pp. of conglomerare to roll together, fr. com- + glomerare to wind into a ball, fr. glomer-, glomus ball--more at clam] (1572): made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds
[2]con.glom.er.ate vb -at.ed ; -at.ing vi (1642): to gather into a mass or coherent whole "numbers of dull people conglomerated round her --Virginia Woolf" ~ vt: accumulate -- con.glom.er.a.tive adj -- con.glom.er.a.tor n [3]con.glom.er.ate n (1818) 1: a composite mass or mixture; esp: rock composed of rounded fragments varying from small pebbles to large boulders in a cement (as of hardened clay)
2: a widely diversified corporation -- con.glom.er.at.ic adj