Concrete

['kɒŋkriːt] or ['kɑŋkrit]

Definition

(noun.) a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water.

(verb.) form into a solid mass; coalesce.

(verb.) cover with cement; 'concrete the walls'.

(adj.) capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; 'concrete objects such as trees' .

(adj.) formed by the coalescence of particles .

Typist: Margery--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

(a.) Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract.

(a.) Applied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to general. See Abstract, 3.

(n.) A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body.

(n.) A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures.

(n.) A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.

(n.) Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.

(v. i.) To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body.

(v. t.) To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles.

(v. t.) To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement.

Edited by Ben

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Solidify, harden, cake, become firm or solid, be consolidated.

a. [1]. Firm, solid, solidified, consolidated, compact.[2]. Not abstract, not general, restricted to a particular subject (as a qualifying term to its noun).

Editor: Lyle

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Firm, compact, consolidated, indurated, embodied, particularized

ANT:Loose, sloppy, luteous, shifting, boggy, swampy, yielding, unresisting, abstract,generalize

Editor: Nell

Definition

adj. formed into one mass: the opposite of abstract and denoting a particular thing: made of concrete.—n. a mass formed by parts growing or sticking together: a mixture of lime sand pebbles &c. used in building.—v.t. Concrēte′ to form into a solid mass.—v.i. to harden.—adv. Concrēte′ly.—ns. Concrēte′ness; Concrē′tion a mass concreted: a growth forming in certain parts of the body as calculi &c.—adjs. Concrē′tionary; Concrēt′ive having power to concrete.

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