cement

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cement

1	n v	a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar cover or coat with cement
2	n v	something that hardens to act as adhesive material bind or join with or as if with cement
3	n	a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
4	n	any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cement

Types:: Portland cement, hydraulic cement
a cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result

“they stood on the grey cement beside the pool”

Type of:: concrete
a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water

Type of:: coat, surface
put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; glue, gum, mucilage
cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive; putty
a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass; iron putty
a cement resembling putty; made by mixing ferric oxide and boiled linseed oil; is acid resistant; red-lead putty
a cement resembling putty; made by mixing white and red lead in boiled linseed oil; used as luting on pipe fittings; mastic
a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler; animal glue
a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses; casein glue
made from casein; used for e.g. plywood and cabinetwork; fish glue
gelatinous substance obtained by boiling skins fins and bones of fish; marine glue
glue that is not water soluble

Type of:: adhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material
a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together

“We cemented our friendship”

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