cement
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cement¹
- /səˈmɛnt/
- /ˈsi.mɛnt/ Southern US
Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“to cut, hew”). Doublet of cementum.
noun cements · caement · cæment
- A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete. In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
- The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
- Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
- A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society. the cement of our love
- The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
verb cements · cementing · cemented · caement · cæment
- To affix with cement.
- To overlay or coat with cement. to cement a cellar floor
- To unite firmly or closely. For they have entertained cause enough To draw their swords: but how the fear of us May cement their divisions and bind up The petty difference, we yet not know.
- To repair. When neibors anger at a plea, / An' just as wud as wud can be, / How easy can the barley-bree / Cement the quarrel!
- To make permanent. But friendſhip is a calm and ſedate affection, conducted by reaſon and cemented by habit; ſpringing from long acquaintance and mutual obligations; without jealouſies or fears; and without thoſe feveriſh fits of heat and cold, which cauſe ſuch an agreeable torment in the amorous paſſion.
Cement²
Where it comes from
Named for its early cement industry.
proper noun
- A town in Oklahoma.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cementum, mortar, plaster, glue, entrench, bedrock, linchpin, underpin, sticky, anchor, nai, enhance, consolidate, foundation, strengthen, gland
Translations
Every language
noun a powdered substance
| Español | cemento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 시멘트 simenteu |
| 日本語 | セメント semento |
| 中文 | 水泥 shuǐní, 洋灰 yánghuī, 士敏土 shìmǐntǔ |
| हिन्दी | सीमेंट sīmẽṭ |
| Kiswahili | simiti, sementi |
| Português | cimento |
| Français | ciment |
| Deutsch | Zement |
| Italiano | cemento |
| Ελληνικά | τσιμέντο tsiménto |
| Română | ciment |
| Русский | цеме́нт cemént |
| Tiếng Việt | xi măng |
| العربية | أَسْمَنْت ʔasmant |
| עברית | צֶמֶנְט tsemént |
noun the paste-like substance
| Español | cemento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 시멘트 simenteu |
| 日本語 | セメント semento |
| 中文 | 水泥 shuǐní |
| Kiswahili | simiti, sementi |
| Português | cimento |
| Français | ciment |
| Deutsch | Zementleim, Zementmörtel, Zementmasse, Mörtel |
| Italiano | adesivo |
| Русский | цеме́нт cemént |
| Tiếng Việt | xi măng |
| العربية | أَسْمَنْت ʔasmant |
noun any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
| Kiswahili | simiti |
|---|---|
| Português | cimento |
| Français | colle, adhésif |
| Deutsch | Zement, Bindemittel, Klebstoff, Kleber, Klebelösung, Kitt |
| Italiano | adesivo |
verb to affix with cement
| Español | cementar, encementar |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | simiti |
| Português | cimentar |
| Deutsch | zementieren |
| Italiano | cementare |
| Русский | цементи́ровать cementírovatʹ |
| العربية | سَمْنَتَ samnata |
verb to make permanent
| Español | cimentar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 固く結ぶ kataku musubu |
| 中文 | 鞏固 /巩固 gǒnggù |
| Kiswahili | simiti |
| Português | cimentar, consolidar, firmar |
| Deutsch | zementieren |
| Italiano | cementare, consolidare |
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