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cement
[ si-ment ]
noun
- any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- any of various soft, sticky substances that dry hard or stonelike, used especially for mending broken objects or for making things adhere.
- Petrography. the compact groundmass surrounding and binding together the fragments of clastic rocks.
- anything that binds or unites:
Time is the cement of friendship.
- Dentistry.
- a hardening, adhesive, plastic substance, used in the repair of teeth for anchoring fillings or inlays, for filling, or for fastening crowns.
- Informal. cementum.
verb (used with object)
- to unite by or as if by cement:
to cement stones to form a wall; to cement a relationship.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to coat or cover with cement:
to cement a floor.
verb (used without object)
- to become cemented; join together or unite; cohere.
cement
/ ɪˈɛԳ /
noun
- a fine grey powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay, used with water and sand to make mortar, or with water, sand, and aggregate, to make concrete
- a binder, glue, or adhesive
- something that unites or joins; bond
- dentistry any of various materials used in filling teeth
- mineral matter, such as silica and calcite, that binds together particles of rock, bones, etc, to form a solid mass of sedimentary rock
- another word for cementum
verb
- to reinforce or consolidate
once a friendship is cemented it will last for life
- to join, bind, or glue together with or as if with cement
- to coat or cover with cement
Derived Forms
- ˈԳٱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·Գa· adjective
- ·Գİ noun
- ·Գl adjective
- c·Գ verb
- ɱ-·ԳĻ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cement1
Example Sentences
We recorded it at Sunset Sound in a room that used to be a meat locker — all cement and steel.
The first series of Wednesday was Netflix's biggest hit to date, and cemented Ortega as a major screen star.
"My skin felt like there was cement underneath," she says.
Her mother picked a piece of cement from the gable wall, blessed it and put it on her daughter's ear.
The UB40 website describes how their political convictions were cemented in place while attending marches protesting against the National Front and rallies organised by Rock Against Racism.
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