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1cement — [sə ment′] n. [ME & OFr ciment < L caementum, rough stone, chippings < * caedimentum < caedere, to cut down: see CIDE] 1. a) a powdered substance made of burned lime and clay, mixed with water and sand to make mortar or with water, sand …
2Cement (disambiguation) — Cement may refer to:*Cement, a material for bonding stone or brick *Modelling Cement is a glue used in modelling which works by polymerizing the two plastic parts thanks to Butanone *Cement (novel), a 1925 Soviet novel by Fyodor Gladkov *Cement… …
3cement — I verb accouple, adhere, affix, agglomerate, agglutinate, amalgamate, annex, attach, bind, braze, coagulate, coalesce, cohere, combine, concrete, congeal, conglutinare, conglutinate, conjoin, connect, consolidate, couple, crystallize, fasten, fix …
4cement — [n] gluing, binding material adhesive, binder, birdlime, bond, concrete, epoxy, glue, grout, gum, gunk*, lime, lute, mortar, mucilage, mud*, paste, plaster, putty, rubber cement, sand, sealant, size, solder, stickum*, tar; concept 475 cement [v]… …
5cement — cementable, adj. cementer, n. cementless, adj. /si ment /, n. 1. any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material. 2. any of various… …
6Cement — In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The name cement goes back to the Romans who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry… …
7cement — [[t]sɪme̱nt[/t]] cements, cementing, cemented 1) N UNCOUNT Cement is a grey powder which is mixed with sand and water in order to make concrete. Builders have trouble getting the right amount of cement into their concrete. 2) N UNCOUNT Cement is… …
8cement — I n. 1) to mix; pour cement 2) Portland cement 3) cement sets II v. to cement smt. together * * * [sɪ ment] pour cement Portland cement to mix to cement smt. together cement sets …
9cement — /səˈmɛnt / (say suh ment) noun 1. any of various substances which are soft when first prepared but later become hard or stone like, used for joining stones, making floors, etc. 2. a material of this kind (the ordinary variety, often called… …
10cement — ce|ment1 [sıˈment] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: ciment, from Latin caementum small pieces of stone used in making mortar , from caedere to cut ] 1.) a grey powder made from ↑lime and clay that becomes hard when it is mixed with… …
