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cement

noun

1 cement

Concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement.

Roget 45: vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction etc. 43; bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, ... show more

Roget 323: hardness etc. adj.; rigidity; renitence, renitency; inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity.    induration, petrifaction; lapidification, ... show more

Roget 327: tenacity, toughness, strength; (cohesion) 46; grip, grasp, stickiness, (cohesion) 46; sequacity; stubbornness etc. (obstinacy);; ... show more

Roget 635: material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple; adobe, brown stone; chinking; clapboard; daubing; puncheon; shake; shingle, ... show more

2 cement

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.

Dutch: cement, cementspecie, mortel, specie
Polish: cement

3 cement

Something that hardens to act as adhesive material.

4 cement

Any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.

Polish: cement, cement stomatologiczny

5 cement

A specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth.

synonym: cementum.

verb

1 cement

Make fast as if with cement.

Roget 46: cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug; grow together, hang together; twine round ... show more

2 cement

Cover or coat with cement.

3 cement

Bind or join with or as if with cement.


Moby thesaurus: Tarmac, Tarvia, accouple, accumulate, adamant, adhere, adherent, adhesive, adobe, affix, agglutinate, amass, anchor, annex, articulate, ashlar, asphalt, assemble, associate, attach ... show more.

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cemented

adjective

Roget 714: concordant, congenial; agreeing etc. v.; in accord etc. n.; harmonious, united, cemented; banded together etc. 712; ... show more

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