cement
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.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
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”
Verb 4 meanings
To affix with cement.
To overlay or coat with cement.
“to cement a cellar floor”
To unite firmly or closely.
To repair.
Etymology
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.
CEMENT at a glance
CEMENT has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + E 1 + M 3 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,656 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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