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conglomerate

In geology, a type of sedimentary rock composed of rounded fragments ranging in size from pebbles to boulders, cemented together in a finer sand or clay material.

A bed (layer) of conglomerate is often associated with a break in a sequence of rock beds (known as an unconformity), where it marks the advance in the past of the sea over an older eroded landscape.

conglomerate

A business enterprise comprising subsidiaries operating in non-related markets. A conglomerate merger is a merger between two companies which produce unrelated products.



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About four o'clock, the soil, generally composed of a thick mud mixed with petrified wood, changed by degrees, and it became more stony, and seemed strewn with conglomerate and pieces of basalt, with a sprinkling of lava.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
I did not wish to be brought to life, and I am greatly ashamed of my conglomerate personality.
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He chatted for a moment with the officer, and then, bidding him good-night, walked on to his home, his mind in a whirl with conglomerate visions of buried cities, great grinning idols of gold, and rival professors seeking to be first at the goal.
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