Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
CONGLOMERATE
conglomerate
(adjective) composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass; “the conglomerate peoples of New England”
conglomerate, empire
(noun) a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
(verb) collect or gather; “Journals are accumulating in my office”; “The work keeps piling up”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
conglomerate (plural conglomerates)
A cluster of heterogeneous things.
(business) A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.
(geology) A rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix.
Adjective
conglomerate (comparative more conglomerate, superlative most conglomerate)
Clustered together into a mass.
(geology) Composed of fragments of rock, pebbles, or stones cemented together.
Verb
conglomerate (third-person singular simple present conglomerates, present participle conglomerating, simple past and past participle conglomerated)
(transitive) To combine together into a larger mass.
(transitive, business) To combine together into a larger corporation.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*glom"er*ate, a. Etym: [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.)
Definition: Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers. Gray.
3. (Geol.)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: 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.]
Definition: To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
19 June 2025
ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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