Definition of
Cement
- (noun, body) a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
- (noun, substance) something that hardens to act as adhesive material
- (noun, substance) 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, substance) concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
- (noun, substance) any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
- (verb, contact) make fast as if with cement
- (verb, contact) bind or join with or as if with cement
- (verb, contact) cover or coat with cement
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Synonyms of Cement
Alternate forms of Cement
Derivations: cement, cementitious
Hyponyms: glue, gum, hydraulic cement, iron putty, mastic, mucilage, portland cement, putty, red-lead putty
Hypernyms: adhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material, bind, building material, coat, concrete, fasten, fill, filling, fix, secure, solid body substance, surface
Origin of the word Cement
- c.1300, from O.Fr. ciment, from L. c?menta "stone chips used for making mortar," from c?dere "to cut down, chop, beat, hew, fell, slay" from PIE base *(s)k(h)a- "to strike" (cf. Skt. skhidati "beats, tears," Lith. kaisti "shave," Ger. heien "beat"). The sense evolution from "small broken stones" to "powdered stones used in constr… more
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