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Cement

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Noun

1. cement

concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement

Example Sentences:
'they stood on the grey cement beside the pool'

2. cement

a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar

3. cement

something that hardens to act as adhesive material

4. cement

any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth

5. cement, cementum

a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth

Verb

6. cement

make fast as if with cement

Example Sentences:
'We cemented our friendship'

7. cement

cover or coat with cement

8. cement

bind or join with or as if with cement

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Cement

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noun
1. 
a fine grey powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay, used with water and sand to make mortar, or with water, sand, and aggregate, to make concrete
2. 
a binder, glue, or adhesive
3. 
something that unites or joins; bond
4. dentistry
any of various materials used in filling teeth
5. 
mineral matter, such as silica and calcite, that binds together particles of rock, bones, etc, to form a solid mass of sedimentary rock
6.  another word for cementum
verb (transitive)
7. 
to reinforce or consolidate
once a friendship is cemented it will last for life
8. 
to join, bind, or glue together with or as if with cement
9. 
to coat or cover with cement

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Cement

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noun
1. 
a. 
a powdered substance made of burned lime and clay, mixed with water and sand to make mortar or with water, sand, and gravel to make concrete: the mixture hardens when it dries
b. 
concrete
a loose usage
2. 
any soft substance that fastens things together firmly when it hardens, as glue
3. 
anything that joins together or unites; bond
4. 
cementum
5. 
the fine-grained material that binds together the larger constituents in many kinds of sedimentary or clastic rock
6.  Dentistry
a cementlike substance used to fill cavities, set crowns, etc.
7.  Metallurgy
a dust or powder, as of charcoal or sand, or a finely divided metal, used in cementation
verb transitive
8. 
to join or unite with or as with cement
9. 
to cover with cement
verb intransitive
10. 
to become cemented

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Cement

see synonyms of cement
n.
1.
a. A building material made by grinding calcined limestone and clay to a fine powder, which can be mixed with water and poured to set as a solid mass or used as an ingredient in making mortar or concrete.
b. Portland cement.
c. Concrete.
2. A substance that hardens to act as an adhesive; glue.
3. Something that serves to bind or unite: "Custom was in early days the cement of society" (Walter Bagehot).
4. Geology A chemically precipitated substance that binds particles of clastic rocks.
5. Dentistry A substance used for filling cavities or anchoring crowns, inlays, or other restorations.
6. Variant of cementum.
v. ce·ment·ed, ce·ment·ing, ce·ments
v.tr.
1. To bind with or as if with cement.
2. To cover or coat with cement.
v.intr.
To become cemented.

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