See Also: Conglomerate(medicine)
Conglomerate(money)
Conglomerate(finance)
conglomerate(1)(dictionary)
conglomerate(2)(dictionary)
conglomerate(encyclopedia)
conglomerate(dictionary)
Conglomerate merger(money)
Conglomerate merger(finance)

tournedos (iou) and conglomerate(1) (iou)


tournedos (iou)



tournedos noun. . L19.
[French, from tourner to turn + dos back.]
A small round thick cut from a fillet of beef, with a surrounding strip of fat.
tournedos Rossini : served with a cro?ton and pate and a Madeira sauce.

conglomerate(1) (iou)



conglomerate adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin conglomeratus pa. pple of conglomerare, formed as CON- + glomer-, glomus ball: see -ATE2.]
A. adjective.
Consisting of distinct parts gathered together into a more or less rounded mass; clustered. LME.
Geology. Of the Nature of or forming a conglomerate. E19.
b. noun.
Geology. A coarse-grained sedimentary rock composed of rounded fragments embedded in a matrix of a cementing material such as silica. E19.
A mixture of heterogeneous elements. M19.
A commercial or industrial corporation formed by the merger or takeover of a number of diverse enterprises; a company with subsidiaries operating in different, unrelated markets. M20.
conglome'ratic adjective (Geology) of the Nature or character of conglomerate M19.
conglomerator noun an industrialist who manages a conglomerate or forms conglomerates L20.
conglome'ritic adjective = conglomeratic M19.