to cement
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2.8
- verb
- /sɪˈmɛnt/
:
recubrir con cemento
- To repair the sidewalk, they need to cement the cracks properly.
- cemented in place
- cement the magnet
- cemented soil
Well, I guess in a way post the autopsy is that they can't, if they do take out the brain, they can't like re cement the skull all back together.
- Well, I guess in a way post the autopsy is that they can't, if they do take out the brain, they can't like re cement the skull all back together.
Examples
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And if that doesn't work, we're gonna cement it all in and paint it green.
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You bury him under the sidewalk, and cement it up again.
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Now cement that wall up!
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Get that wall cemented up.
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Otherwise, we just got a bunch of beautiful bricks put together, but we don't have the mortar to cement to keep them in place.
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The frame of an iron-bar door is securely cemented to the log walls.
Fiction book (1993) -
The workers will cement the pavement before the rainy season starts.
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He plans to cement the bricks together to form a sturdy wall.
Synonyms
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6.1
To join bricks or stones using a paste of cement, sand, and water
To cover a surface with a hard building material to make it stronger
Compounds
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3.5
A machine with a large rotating drum that makes concrete from cement, sand, and water
- Specialized
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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
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb cement comes from the idea of using caementum 'stone chips' to cover and fix surfaces. So to cement something is to coat or join it with a binding material to make it strong.