concrete as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
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as an adjective: - 1
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concrete
noun
1 concrete
A strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water.
Roget 323:
hardness
etc.
adj.;
rigidity;
renitence†,
renitency;
inflexibility,
temper,
callosity,
durity†.
induration,
petrifaction;
lapidification†,
lapidescence†;
vitrification,
ossification;
crystallization.
stone,
pebble,
flint,
marble,
rock,
fossil,
crag,
crystal,
quartz,
granite,
adamant;
bone,
cartilage;
hardware;
heart of oak,
block,
board,
deal board;
iron,
steel;
cast iron,
decarbonized iron,
wrought iron;
nail;
brick,
concrete;
cement.
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Roget 635:
material,
raw material,
stuff,
stock,
staple;
adobe,
brown stone;
chinking;
clapboard;
daubing;
puncheon;
shake;
shingle,
bricks and mortar;
metal;
stone;
clay,
brick crockery
etc.
384;
compo,
composition;
concrete;
reinforced concrete,
cement;
wood,
ore,
timber.
materials;
supplies,
munition,
fuel,
grist,
household stuff pabulum
etc.
(food)
298;
ammunition
etc.
(arms)
727;
contingents;
relay,
reinforcement,
reenforcement†;
baggage
etc.
(personal property)
780;
means
etc.
632;
calico,
cambric,
cashmere.
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Roget 46:
coherence,
adherence,
adhesion,
adhesiveness;
concretion accretion;
conglutination,
agglutination,
agglomeration;
aggregation;
consolidation,
set,
cementation;
sticking,
soldering
etc.
v.;
connection;
dependence.
tenacity,
toughness;
stickiness
etc.
352;
inseparability,
inseparableness;
bur,
remora.
conglomerate,
concrete
etc.
(density)
321.
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Roget 321:
density,
solidity;
solidness
etc.
adj.;
impenetrability,
impermeability;
incompressibility;
imporosity†;
cohesion
etc.
46;
constipation,
consistence,
spissitude†.
specific gravity;
hydrometer,
areometer†.
condensation;
caseation†;
solidation†,
solidification;
consolidation;
concretion,
coagulation;
petrification
etc.
(hardening)
323;
crystallization,
precipitation;
deposit,
precipitate;
inspissation†;
gelation,
thickening
etc.
v..
indivisibility,
indiscerptibility†,
insolubility,
indissolvableness.
solid body,
mass,
block,
knot,
lump;
concretion,
concrete,
conglomerate;
cake,
clot,
stone,
curd,
coagulum;
bone,
gristle,
cartilage;
casein,
crassamentum†;
legumin†.
superdense matter,
condensed states of matter;
dwarf star,
neutron star.
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Dutch: betoneren, beton
Polish: beton
verb
1 concrete
Cover with cement.
Roget 321:
be dense
etc.
adj.;
become solid,
render solid
etc.
adj.;
solidify,
solidate†;
concrete,
set,
take a set,
consolidate,
congeal,
coagulate;
curd,
curdle;
lopper;
fix,
clot,
cake,
candy,
precipitate,
deposit,
cohere,
crystallize;
petrify
etc.
(harden)
323.
condense,
thicken,
gel,
inspissate†,
incrassate†;
compress,
squeeze,
ram down,
constipate.
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2 concrete
Form into a solid mass; coalesce.
adjective
1 concrete
Capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary.
Roget 323:
hard,
rigid,
stubborn,
stiff,
firm;
starch,
starched;
stark,
unbending,
unlimber,
unyielding;
inflexible,
tense;
indurate,
indurated;
gritty,
proof.
adamant,
adamantine,
adamantean†;
concrete,
stony,
granitic,
calculous,
lithic†,
vitreous;
horny,
corneous†;
bony;
osseous,
ossific†;
cartilaginous;
hard as a rock
etc.
n.;
stiff as buckram,
stiff as a poker;
stiff as starch,
stiff as as board.
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Roget 321:
dense,
solid;
solidified
etc.
v.;
caseous;
pukka†;
coherent,
cohesive
etc.
46;
compact,
close,
serried,
thickset;
substantial,
massive,
lumpish†;
impenetrable,
impermeable,
nonporous,
imporous†;
incompressible;
constipated;
concrete
etc.
(hard)
323;
knotted,
knotty;
gnarled;
crystalline,
crystallizable;
thick,
grumous†,
stuffy.
undissolved,
unmelted†,
unliquefied†,
unthawed†.
indivisible,
indiscerptible†,
infrangible†,
indissolvable†,
indissoluble,
insoluble,
infusible.
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2 concrete
Formed by the coalescence of particles.
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