Noun: consolidation kun,só-li'dey-shun
- Combining into a solid mass
"The consolidation of the wet cement took several hours"
- The act of combining into an integral whole
"a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them";
- integration
- Something that has consolidated into a compact mass
"he dropped the consolidation into the acid bath"
Derived forms: consolidations
Type of: combination, combine, combining, compounding, natural object
Encyclopedia: Consolidation