<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements.</li><li>a corporation consisting of a number of subsidiary companies or divisions in a variety of unrelated industries, usually as a result of merger or acquisition.</li><li>Geology: a rock consisting of pebbles or the like embedded in a finer cementing material; consolidated gravel.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>gathered into a rounded mass; consisting of parts so gathered; clustered.</li><li>consisting of heterogeneous parts or elements.</li><li>of or relating to a corporate conglomerate.</li><li>Geology: of the nature of a conglomerate.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to bring together into a cohering mass.</li><li>to gather into a ball or rounded mass.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to collect or cluster together.</li><li>(of a company) to become part of or merge with a conglomerate.</li></ul>