Word Finder - conglomerate

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A cluster of heterogeneous things.

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A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.

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A rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix.

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To combine together into a larger mass.

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To combine together into a larger corporation.

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Clustered together into a mass.

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Composed of fragments of rock, pebbles, or stones cemented together.

At the base there is frequently a conglomerate or tuff of porphyritic rocks.

The metal in its usual slowly cooled state is a conglomerate like the granitic rocks.

It is situated on a platform of conglomerate rock forming a promontory at the south-west of the entrance to Loch Etive and is surrounded on three sides by the sea.

In one case (represented by the point A in the figure) the solid which freezes out is a conglomerate of crystals of the compound with those of antimony, in the other case C with those of copper.

The houses being mostly built of a white conglomerate stone of shells and coral which forms the peninsula, gives the city when viewed from a distance a clean and handsome appearance, but on closer inspection the streets are found to be very narrow, irregular, ill-paved and filthy.

It is not the work of a single author, but rather a conglomerate of literary fragments which once circulated under the names of Enoch, Noah and possibly Methuselah.

The conglomerate bands and quartzites contain large quantities of iron pyrites deposited subsequent to their formation, that in the conglomerates containing the gold.

At Cushendun, however, a coarse conglomerate is believed to be Devonian, while Lower Carboniferous Sandstones, with several coal-seams, form a small productive basin at Ballycastle.

It is built of local conglomerate and is in marvellous preservation.

The surface of the country is remarkably level, with numerous deep ravines in the calcareous conglomerate.

Old Red Sandstone, red grits, sandstones and marls and conglomerate occur in a narrow belt on the east side of Mainland from Sumburgh Head to Rova Head, north of Lerwick; they also form the island of Bressay.

The Dwyka conglomerate rarely attains any great thickness though forming wide outcrops.

The Black Reef Series is composed of quartzites, sandstone, slates and conglomerate.

The Dwyka conglomerate resembles the same bed in the Cape province.

But modern work has shown that, although alloys sometimes contain solid solutions, the solid alloy as a whole is often far more like a conglomerate rock than a uniform solution.

The character of some of the conglomerate of the Newark series of the east, and the widespread redness of the beds, so far as it is original, also point to aridity.

These hills consist of a broken range of sandstone and conglomerate dividing the Bannu plain from the cultivated flats of Dera Ismail Khan.

Just as a granite is a conglomerate or mechanical mixture of distinct crystalline grains of three perfectly definite minerals, mica, quartz, and felspar, so iron and steel in their usual slowly cooled state consist of a mixture of microscopic particles of such definite quasiminerals, diametrically unlike.

The conglomerate is in turn overlain by Carboniferous limestone.

You may start out with a single modest lemonade stand, but you will soon grow into a giant lemonade conglomerate!

To the south-west of the picturesque belts of palm trees which stretch inland from the northern coast of Bahrein, is a wide space of open sandy plain filled with gigantic tumuli or earth mounds, of which the outer layers of gravel and clay have been hardened by the weather action of centuries to the consistency of conglomerate.

On the land-surface thus formed the Devonian lakes gathered, while the rivers poured into them enormous deposits of sand and conglomerate.

In 1995, Ciba merged with another Swiss firm, Sandoz, to form the conglomerate Novartis.

Whether the seminar is put on by a small accountancy firm or a multinational conglomerate, the principles are the same.

Sammons is a diversified conglomerate, ranking among the largest privately held companies in the world.

The daily production of oil from the basal conglomerate was about 600 barrels.

Its surface is underlaid by a hard sandstone and conglomerate which erode slowly, and the general upland level, which is1400-1800ft.

There is no doubt much of valuable suggestion to be found in the philosophic system, or rather the conglomerate of systems, which pass to-day under the name of theosophy; and probably much has been done by means of its propaganda to popularize Eastern thought in the West, and in the East to reawaken a truer appreciation of its own philosophic treasures; but however that may be, the serious student would be well advised to seek his information and his inspiration from the fountain-heads of the theosophists' doctrines, which are all easily accessible in translations; and to avoid the confusions and errors of writers who in most cases have but a superficial if any knowledge of the original languages and systems from which their doctrine has been arbitrarily culled.

It was accidental in that the objective of the test well was the schist conglomerate capping the basement.

These large conglomerate food companies decided to take food unfit for human consumption and turn it into profitable pet food.

Cedar Fair also owns Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, as well as Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, giving the conglomerate a strong presence in the Midwest's theme park industry.

In 2000, Australia's Foster's Brewing Group Ltd., purchased the conglomerate.

In southeastern New York lays a conglomerate of state and private land, which equal 286 thousand acres of forest preserve.

Nationwide Advantage Mortgage was established in 1987 as part of the Nationwide conglomerate, which is among the most widely diversified financial services and insurance providers in the world.

While some Chicago suburban home inspection companies restrict their business to the local area, other home inspections companies are part of a larger conglomerate providing inspections throughout the state or country.

Many cities have clubs where singles conglomerate to perform community services or charity work.

Also located in the Northwest Territories, the Snap Lake Diamond Mine is owned by diamond conglomerate De Beers.

This number includes everything from large conglomerate travel companies, such as American Express to one-person home-based agencies.

The most memorable movie tracks from the large conglomerate are fun and enjoyable for viewers.

They consist chiefly of sandstone and conglomerate, but include workable seams of coal.

Flanking the hills between Ashbourne and Quarndon are red beds of Bunter marl, sandstone and conglomerate; they also appear at Morley, east of the Derwent, and again round the small southern coalfield.

For ordinary purposes grey limestone was furnished by Lycabettus and the adjoining hills; limestone from the promontory of Acte (the co-called " poros " stone), and conglomerate, were also largely employed.

A conglomerate at the base contains traces of gold.

The conglomerate consists of rock fragments, sodium chloride and various sulphates, cemented together by gypsum to form a hard compact mass 6 to 10 ft.

The distillate consists of a conglomerate of drops ("drop zinc").

It was a large quadrangular building of conglomerate, with a back wall faced with stucco, and stood open to the road.

The gold occurs in conglomerate beds, locally known as "banket."

In the Mwanza district are conglomerate reefs of great extent.

The Dwyka Conglomerate forms a narrow outcrop in the north-west, and is known from boreholes to extend over large areas beneath the Ecca Shales and to rest directly on rocks of older age.

The lower part of the Keweenawan system consists of a great succession of lava flows, of prodigious thickness.- This portion of the system is overlain by thick beds of sedimentary rock, mostly conglomerate and sandstone, derived from the igneous rocks beneath.