Concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses.

synonym: ferroconcrete.

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.    ... show more

Dutch: gewapend beton, staalbeton
Polish: żelbeton, żelbet, żelazobeton