reinforced concrete
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- noun
- /ˌriːɪnˈfɔːrst kənˈkriːt/
- Specialized
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hormigón armado
- In 1868, Joseph Monier from France patented the use of reinforced concrete to build pipes and tanks.
- reinforced concrete structures
- fiber-reinforced concrete
- reinforced concrete bearing walls
Examples
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According to the work order, that freezer has got 36 inches of steel reinforced concrete protecting it.
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Now, the newest bank vaults have walls of reinforced concrete five feet thick, backed by six inches of steel.
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Think of reinforced concrete, which is the greatest building material of the modern era.
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The exterior walls are a good eight feet of reinforced concrete.
Fiction book (1994) -
It is constructed of reinforced concrete.
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Specimens were cored from the large reinforced concrete block and subjected to laboratory testing.
Academic text (2017) -
Reinforced concrete in the garage absorbed most of the explosion, preventing what could have been a disaster from occurring as firefighters made a second sweep.
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Ameron International furnished the reinforced concrete cylinder pipeline from its Tracy, California, plant.
Academic text (1998) -
The rigid reaction frame is anchored to a 6 ft (1.84 m) thick, strong reinforced concrete floor.
Academic text (2017) -
The bridge was constructed using reinforced concrete to withstand heavy traffic and harsh weather.
Synonyms
Concrete that has metal bars inside to make it stronger
Antonyms
How Strong
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derivable from 'reinforced' (made stronger) + 'concrete' (building material): it denotes concrete that has been strengthened, typically with metal, which B1 learners can infer. This construction and concept are common across languages and in everyday contexts, so a learner who knows both words will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
The noun reinforced concrete comes from the idea that reinforced means 'made stronger' and that builders put metal bars or mesh inside concrete to do this. Think of the metal as a skeleton that stops cracks and helps a building 'last longer', so the phrase means concrete with metal inside to be 'stronger'.