concrete (noun)

  • 121cement mixer — noun a machine with a large revolving drum in which cement is mixed with other materials to make concrete • Syn: ↑concrete mixer • Hypernyms: ↑machine * * * noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] : a truck that has a large container which turns when it is filled …

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  • 122hard court — noun : a lawn tennis court with a paved surface (as of asphalt or concrete distinguished from clay court and grass court * * * a tennis court having a concrete or asphalt surface. Cf. clay court, grass court. * * * hard court noun A tennis court… …

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  • 123concretely — concrete ► ADJECTIVE 1) existing in a material or physical form; not abstract. 2) specific; definite: concrete proof. ► NOUN ▪ a building material made from gravel, sand, cement, and water, hardening when dry into a stone like mass. ► VERB ▪… …

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  • 124concreteness — concrete ► ADJECTIVE 1) existing in a material or physical form; not abstract. 2) specific; definite: concrete proof. ► NOUN ▪ a building material made from gravel, sand, cement, and water, hardening when dry into a stone like mass. ► VERB ▪… …

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  • 125'hood — noun (slang) a neighborhood • Usage Domain: ↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑patois, ↑vernacular • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 126foundation — noun 1 organization that provides money for sth ADJECTIVE ▪ charitable, private ▪ research VERB + FOUNDATION ▪ establish, set up, start …

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  • 127fly ash — noun fine solid particles of ash that are carried into the air when fuel is combusted • Hypernyms: ↑ash * * * noun : fine solid particles of noncombustible ash with or without accompanying combustible particles carried out of a bed of solid fuel… …

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  • 128concretism — noun Date: 1865 representation of abstract things as concrete; especially the theory or practice of concrete poetry • concretist noun …

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