Cement
[sɪ'ment] or [sə'mɛnt]
Definition
(noun.) something that hardens to act as adhesive material.
(noun.) 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.
(noun.) concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; 'they stood on the grey cement beside the pool'.
(noun.) any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
(verb.) make fast as if with cement; 'We cemented our friendship'.
(verb.) bind or join with or as if with cement.
(verb.) cover or coat with cement.
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Definition
(n.) Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
(n.) A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.
(n.) The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.
(n.) Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.
(n.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.
(n.) To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.
(n.) To unite firmly or closely.
(n.) To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.
(v. i.) To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Mortar.[2]. Bond of union.
v. a. Unite, connect, attach, join.
v. n. Unite, cohere, slick together.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Bind, bond, unite, perpetuate, consolidate
ANT:Detach, dissolve, dissociate, disintegrate, divorce
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Definition
n. anything that makes two bodies stick together: mortar: a bond of union.—v.t. to unite with cement: to join firmly.—n. Cementā′tion the act of cementing: the process by which iron is turned into steel glass into porcelain &c.—done by surrounding them with a cement or powder and exposing them to heat.—adjs. Cement′atory Cementi′tious having the quality of cementing or uniting firmly.
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Examples
- I determined to go into the Portland cement business. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- One night, after receiving a satisfactory report of progress from Mr. Mason, superintendent of the cement plant, he said: The only way to keep ahead of the procession is to experiment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The outsides of the buildings somewhat resembled the cement houses which have been put up in later days, a coat of clay being spread on the outside walls and carefully smoothed off. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- With any unaffected individual Shirley could easily and quickly cement an acquaintance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In 1902 the American output of cement was placed at about 21,000,000 barrels, valued at over $17,000,000. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Edison's storage battery and the poured cement house have not yet reached the stage of great commercial enterprises, and therefore have not yet risen to the dignity of patent litigation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I organized a company and started cement-works which have now been running successfully for several years. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We know that the Romans and other ancient peoples had their hydraulic cements, and the plaster on some of their walls stands to-day to attest its good quality. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- One of the improvements in the manufacture and use of modern _cements_ and artificial stones consists in their application to the making of streets and sidewalks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Miscellaneous H istory of various Artificial Materials ,--Ena mel, Porcelain, various cements, etc. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is idle to accuse him of leaving education alone, because the idea that empires must be cemented by education was still foreign to human thought. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Biot on the action of fluids on light, he placed the fluids in a trough formed by two plates of glass cemented together at an angle. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The window in the cold room has three sets of sash, well packed or cemented. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It is an accretion of power around a center of influence, cemented by patronage, graft, favors, friendship, loyalties, habits,--a human grouping, a natural pyramid. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It is then warmed gently and the glue applied, which is so very strong that the parts thus cemented never separate. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Indeed, even the platinum point, which in the early form of the Reis transmitter pressed against the platinum contact cemented to the centre of the diaphragm, was a microphone. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These coarse particles, or clinkers, absorb water very slowly, are practically inert, and have very feeble cementing properties. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When a solution is mixed with acetic or nitric acid it remains liquid, but still retains its power of cementing; in this state it is called liquid glue. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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