Both Uses of
conglomerate
in
David Copperfield
- On my imparting this discovery in confidence to Peggotty, she informed me that her brother dealt in lobsters, crabs, and crawfish; and I afterwards found that a heap of these creatures, in a state of wonderful conglomeration with one another, and never leaving off pinching whatever they laid hold of, were usually to be found in a little wooden outhouse where the pots and kettles were kept.†
Chpt 1-3
- I went into the out-house to look about me; and the very same lobsters, crabs, and crawfish possessed by the same desire to pinch the world in general, appeared to be in the same state of conglomeration in the same old corner.†
Chpt 10-12 *
Definition:
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(conglomerate) to mix different things that maintain their difference in the mixture; or the resulting mixturein various senses, such as:
- a group of diverse companies run as a single organization