cement.
A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
Meaning & usage
A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
the cement of our love
The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin caementum Old French cimentbor. Middle English syment English cement From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“to cut, hew”). Doublet of cementum.
To affix with cement.
To overlay or coat with cement.
to cement a cellar floor
To unite firmly or closely.
To repair.
To make permanent.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin caementum Old French cimentbor. Middle English syment English cement From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“to cut, hew”). Doublet of cementum.
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