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cementitious

cementitious

9.5
Containing or acting like cement that makes things hard
  • adjective
  • /sɪˈmɛnˌtɪʃəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cementoso
  • The contractor recommended a cementitious mixture to provide a sturdy foundation for the structure.
  • cementitious material
  • cementitious grout
  • cementitious composite

Examples

  • To protect concrete in potable water tanks, polymer-modified cementitious coatings have been used with much success.

    Academic text (1998)
  • A pilot-scale field investigation was conducted where the heat of hydration of the cementitious matrix was used for curing ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC).

    Academic text (2017)
  • The chemical and physical properties of the cement and cementitious materials are shown in Table 1.

    Academic text (2016)
  • But the supplementary cementitious materials just look like cement.

  • The service life of cementitious materials may be threatened and lost by interaction with aggressive environments.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Self-healing in cementitious materials is an attractive phenomenon that has drawn the recent attention of many researchers.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Dry blend half of the cementitious materials with aggregates in a drum mixer.

    Academic text (2017)
  • SewperCoat is a cementitious material designed for the wastewater industry to provide an abrasion- and corrosion-resistant protective lining.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The liner is grouted in place by filling the annulus with a high-strength cementitious grout.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The relationship between UPV and compressive strength depends on a number of factors, including water-cementitious materials ratio (w/cm), aggregate type, and density.

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

cementlike
vscementitious
4.0

Having a hard, thick surface like cement

relates to materials that act as or contain cement rather than appearance

Surface Forms

cementitious positive

Morphology

cementitious = cement (semi-transparent) = cement + itious

The adjective is clearly built from 'cement' plus a learned adjective-forming suffix, but the suffix '-itious' is relatively specialized and not highly productive for average learners.

Etymology

Cementitious comes from the simple word cement, which comes from an old Latin word for a stone material used to 'join' things together. The ending -itious turns the word into one that means 'like' or 'having the quality of', so cementitious means 'like cement' or 'acting as a glue for building materials'.