[syn: conglomeration, conglobation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conglomeration \Con*glom`er*a"tion\, n. [L. conglomeratio: cf.
F. conglomeration.]
1. The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of
being thus collected; collection; accumulation. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which is conglomerated; a mixed mass; a hodgepodge.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
conglomeration
n 1: a rounded spherical form [syn: conglomeration,
conglobation]
2: a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together [syn:
aggregate, congeries, conglomeration]
3: an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or
less) rounded mass [syn: conglomeration, conglobation]