CONCRETE

Concrete

Concrete is a composite material composed of coarse granular material embedded in a hard matrix of material that fills the space among the aggregate particles and glues them together.

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concrete

Noun

  1. A building material created by mixing Portland cement, water, and aggregate including gravel and sand.
    The road was made of concrete that had been poured in large slabs.
  2. A solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particles.
  3. A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.
  4. A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
  5. Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.

Verb

  1. To cover with or encase in concrete; often constructed as concrete over.
    I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn.
  2. To solidify.
    Josie’s plans began concreting once she fixed a date for the wedding.
  3. To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body.

Adjective

  1. Particular, perceivable, real.
    Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that bigfoot exists.
  2. Not abstract.
    Once arrested, I realized that handcuffs are concrete, even if my concept of what is legal wasn’t.
  3. United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.
  4. Made of concrete building material.
    The office building had concrete flower boxes out front.


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