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🏜️ Not bonded 📝 Not final 🦴 Not glued
uncemented

uncemented

6.8
Loose rock or sand not held together by hard material
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnˈsɛmɛntɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no cementado
  • Therefore, the strength at the interface of fiber-reinforced cemented soil is much higher than that of fiber-reinforced uncemented soil.

Examples

  • In the field, they encountered layers of uncemented soil that required careful handling to avoid erosion.

  • The construction team found that the uncemented sand shifted easily under pressure during the excavation.

  • Scientists studied the properties of uncemented gravel to understand its behavior under different environmental conditions.

Synonyms

unconsolidated
vsuncemented
  • Specialized
8.3

Loose soil or sand that is not stuck together

is about absence of mineral cement bonding rather than just loose arrangement
noncoherent
vsuncemented
  • Specialized
7.4

Not holding together firmly so it breaks or crumbles easily

focuses on missing mineral cement bond rather than general weakness

Antonyms

consolidated
4.6

Become a hard, solid mass that holds together

How Cemented

uncemented
  • Specialized
6.8
unconsolidated
  • Specialized
8.3

Surface Forms

uncemented positive

Morphology

uncemented = cemented (transparent) = un + cement + ed

Formed by negating 'cemented' with 'un-', so the meaning is a straightforward negation of 'bound by cement'.

Etymology

Uncemented is formed from un- 'not' and cement 'a binding material' that holds sand and stones together. So in geology uncemented means the grains are not bound and the ground stays loose and easy to erode.