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🚧 Sprayed concrete 🚧 To spray concrete
to shotcrete

to shotcrete

8.1
To spray concrete or mortar at high speed onto a surface to make structures stronger
  • verb
  • /ˈʃɑtˌkrit/
  • Specialized
: proyectar hormigón
  • Engineers decided to shotcrete the slope to prevent soil erosion during the rainy season.

Examples

  • The workers will shotcrete the tunnel walls to reinforce them before further excavation.

  • The workers shotcreted the foundation last week.

  • After the repairs, they shotcreted the damaged section of the bridge for added strength.

  • They will shotcrete the walls of the tunnel.

  • The workers will shotcrete the tunnel walls to reinforce them before further excavation.

  • Engineers decided to shotcrete the slope to prevent soil erosion during the rainy season.

  • After the repairs, they shotcrete the damaged section of the bridge for added strength.

Synonyms

to cement
vsto shotcrete
8 2.8

To join things by using a wet substance that hardens

applies material by high speed spray so it bonds on contact
to mortar
vsto shotcrete
1 6.1

To join bricks or stones using a paste of cement, sand, and water

sprays material at high velocity so it bonds on contact

Surface Forms

shotcrete infinitive
shotcreted past
shotcreted past participle
shotcreting present participle
shotcretes third person singular

Etymology

Shotcrete as a verb comes from the same idea: shot + concrete, meaning to 'shoot' concrete onto a surface, so to shotcrete is to spray concrete at high speed to repair or strengthen structures.