cement
Other forms: cemented; cementing; cements
Cement is a material that's used to build very strong, hard surfaces and structures. Cement is an ingredient in both mortar, which holds bricks together, and concrete, with which dams and roads and buildings are constructed.
Cement begins as a powder made of clay and limestone, and after it's mixed with water and, often, sand, it's used to strengthen and bind things — as the mixture dries, it becomes hard and solid. A version of cement has been around since the third century BCE, in Mesopotamia. The word comes from the Latin root cæmenta, "stone chips for making mortar," from caedere, "to cut or chop."
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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
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Portland cement, hydraulic cement
a cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result
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building material
material used for constructing buildings
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Portland cement, hydraulic cement
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concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement“they stood on the grey cement beside the pool”
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concrete
a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
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concrete
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cover or coat with cement
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something that hardens to act as adhesive material
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glue, gum, mucilage
cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
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putty
a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
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iron putty
a cement resembling putty; made by mixing ferric oxide and boiled linseed oil; is acid resistant
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red-lead putty
a cement resembling putty; made by mixing white and red lead in boiled linseed oil; used as luting on pipe fittings
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mastic
a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler
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animal glue
a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses
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casein glue
made from casein; used for e.g. plywood and cabinetwork
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fish glue
gelatinous substance obtained by boiling skins fins and bones of fish
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marine glue
glue that is not water soluble
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adhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material
a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
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bind or join with or as if with cement
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make fast as if with cement“We cemented our friendship”
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bind
make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
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bind
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a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
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cementum
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solid body substance
the solid parts of the body
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solid body substance
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any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
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