cement
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- noun
- /sɪˈmɛnt/
:
cemento
- Eight lanes of shimmering cement running from here to Pasadena.
- cement block
- cement floor
- cement brick
Cleaning pools, the cement pond, little kid piss patches.
- Cleaning pools, the cement pond, little kid piss patches.
- Plastostomos, snails wiped out by a cement company.
- I was born on a cold cement floor in basement Saigon Hospital.
- What gives life to that blade of grass in the cement?
- This corner of this table right here, it's like a cement table.
Examples
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The kitchen was damp because of its cement walls, and I was cold.
Fiction book (1990) -
There must be many floors in Saigon being repaired with cement.
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What did you have to add cement for?
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One possibility is a cement plant, located right on the proposed collection route.
Academic text (1996) -
The first thing about cement is that there is no recycling route.
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In response, some of the graves have been covered with cement by concerned relatives.
Academic text (1996) -
There has been extraordinary progress in the production of commodities such as steel, cement, and power.
Academic text (1999) -
The workers poured the cement to create a strong foundation for the new building.
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After mixing the cement with sand and water, we used it to fill in the gaps between the bricks.
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The sidewalk was repaired with fresh cement to make it safe for pedestrians.
Synonyms
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A hard material used for building made from cement, sand, and small stones
Compounds
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3.5
A machine with a large rotating drum that makes concrete from cement, sand, and water
- Specialized
1
4.8
A common building powder made by heating and grinding a type of rock and clay that hardens under water
- Specialized
A dental material used to hold crowns or fillings and line tooth cavities
- Specialized
A hard paste used to fix metal crowns and as a base under fillings
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Etymology
Cement comes from the old Latin word caementum, from caedere 'to cut', and it originally meant 'stone chips' used to fill gaps. So imagine workers using these chips and paste to bind bricks together, which is why cement now means the hard material that holds building parts together.