Cement

[sɪ'ment] or [sə'mɛnt]

Definition

(noun.) something that hardens to act as adhesive material.

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; 'they stood on the grey cement beside the pool'.

(noun.) any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.

(verb.) make fast as if with cement; 'We cemented our friendship'.

(verb.) bind or join with or as if with cement.

(verb.) cover or coat with cement.

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Definition

(n.) Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.

(n.) A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.

(n.) The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.

(n.) Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.

(n.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.

(n.) To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.

(n.) To unite firmly or closely.

(n.) To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.

(v. i.) To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Mortar.[2]. Bond of union.

v. a. Unite, connect, attach, join.

v. n. Unite, cohere, slick together.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Bind, bond, unite, perpetuate, consolidate

ANT:Detach, dissolve, dissociate, disintegrate, divorce

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Definition

n. anything that makes two bodies stick together: mortar: a bond of union.—v.t. to unite with cement: to join firmly.—n. Cementā′tion the act of cementing: the process by which iron is turned into steel glass into porcelain &c.—done by surrounding them with a cement or powder and exposing them to heat.—adjs. Cement′atory Cementi′tious having the quality of cementing or uniting firmly.

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Examples

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