Cement is a material that's used to build very strong, hard surfaces and structures. Cement is an ingredient in both mortar, which holds bricks together, and concrete, with which dams and roads and buildings are constructed.
Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
Noun
a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
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 gray 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
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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Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.
To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.
Usage Examples
Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement!
Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.
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Other Usage ExamplesTo cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time.
Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.
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