\Con*glom"er*ate\, a. [L. conglomeratus, p. p. of
conglomerare to roll together; con- + glomerare to wind into
a ball. See {Glomerate}.]
1. Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together;
   concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light.
         Beams of light when they are multiplied and
         conglomerate.                         --Bacon.
         Fluids are separated in the liver and the other
         conglobate and conglomerate glands.   --Cheyne.
2. (Bot.) Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as,
   conglomerate flowers. --Gray.
3. (Geol.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of
   rocks, cemented together.

\Con*glom"er*ate\, n.
1. That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from
   various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection;
   accumulation.
         A conglomerate of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously
         heaped together.                      --Trench.
2. (Geol.) A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone
   cemented together by another mineral substance, either
   calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; --
   opposed to agglomerate. See {Breccia}.
         A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound
         together by a cement.                 --Lyell.

\Con*glom"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Conglomerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conglomerating}.]
To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.