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Cement Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cement? [n] a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth [n] something that hardens to act as adhesive material [n] 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 [n] concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; "they stood on the gray cement beside the pool" [n] any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth [v] make fast as if with cement; "We cemented our friendship" [v] bind or join with or as if with cement [v] cover or coat with cement Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cement: cementum Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cement: accouple \| accumulate \| adamant \| adhere \| adherent \| adhesive \| adobe \| affix \| agglutinate \| amass \| anchor \| annex \| articulate \| ashlar \| asphalt \| assemble \| associate \| attach \| band \| barnacle \| belay \| bind \| biscuit \| bisque \| bitumen \| bituminous macadam \| blacktop \| bond \| bone \| bony \| bowl \| bracket \| bramble \| braze \| brick \| bricks and mortar \| bridge \| bridge over \| brier \| bulldog \| burr \| carpet \| causeway \| cemental \| ceramic ware \| ceramics \| chain \| china \| cinch \| clamp \| clap together \| clinch \| cling \| clinker \| cobble \| cobblestone \| cohere \| collect \| combine \| comprise \| concatenate \| concrete \| conglobulate \| conjoin \| conjugate \| connect \| copulate \| corneous \| couple \| cover \| covering materials \| cramp \| crock \| crockery \| curb \| curbing \| curbstone \| decal \| decalcomania \| dense \| diamond \| diamondlike \| dure \| edgestone \| embrace \| enamelware \| encompass \| engraft \| fasten \| ferroconcrete \| firebrick \| fix \| flag \| flagging \| flagstone \| flint \| flintlike \| flinty \| floor \| flooring \| fuse \| gather \| glass \| glue \| graft \| granite \| granitelike \| granitic \| grapple \| gravel \| grout \| gum \| gunk \| hard \| hard as nails \| hardhearted \| heart of oak \| hold \| horny \| include \| iron \| iron-hard \| ironlike \| join \| jug \| kerb \| kerbstone \| knit \| knot \| lapideous \| lath and plaster \| lay together \| league \| leech \| limpet \| link \| lithoid \| lithoidal \| lump together \| macadam \| make fast \| marble \| marblelike \| marry \| marshal \| masonry \| mass \| mastic \| merge \| metal \| mobilize \| molasses \| moor \| mortar \| mucilage \| nails \| oak \| obdurate \| osseous \| pair \| parget \| paste \| pave \| pavement \| pavestone \| paving \| paving material \| paving stone \| pebble \| piece together \| plaster \| plasters \| porcelain \| pot \| pottery \| prestressed concrete \| prickle \| put to \| put together \| refractory \| remora \| resistant \| resistive \| road metal \| rock \| rocklike \| rocky \| roll into one \| roofage \| roofing \| roughcast \| screw up \| secure \| set \| set to \| siding \| solder \| solid \| span \| splice \| steel \| steellike \| steely \| stick \| stick together \| sticker \| stone \| stonelike \| stony \| stucco \| syrup \| take in \| tape \| tar \| Tarmac \| tarmacadam \| Tarvia \| thorn \| tie \| tighten \| tile \| tiling \| tough \| trice up \| trim \| unify \| unite \| urn \| vase \| walling \| washboard \| weld \| yoke See Also \| adhesive \| adhesive material \| bind \| building material \| coat \| concrete \| fasten \| fill \| filling \| fix \| glue \| gum \| hydraulic cement \| iron putty \| mastic \| mortar \| mucilage \| Portland cement \| putty \| red-lead putty \| root \| secure \| solid body substance \| surface \| tooth root Cement In Webster's Dictionary \Cement"\ (s[e^]m[e^]nt" or s[e^]m"[e^]nt), n. [OF. cement, ciment, F. ciment, fr. L. caementum a rough, unhewn stone, pieces or chips of marble, from which mortar was made, contr. fr. caedimentum, fr. caedere to cut, prob. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.] 1. Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc. 2. A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water. 3. The powder used in cementation. See {Cementation}, n., 2. 4. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society. ``The cement of our love.'' 5. (Anat.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also {cementum}. {Hydraulic cement}. See under {Hydraulic}. \Cement"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cemented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cementing}.] [Cf. F. cimenter. See {Cement}, n.] 1. To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement. --Bp. Burnet. 2. To unite firmly or closely. --Shak. 3. To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom. \Cement"\, v. i. To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere. --S. Sharp.

Cement Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cement?

[n] a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
[n] something that hardens to act as adhesive material
[n] 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
[n] concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; "they stood on the gray cement beside the pool"
[n] any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
[v] make fast as if with cement; "We cemented our friendship"
[v] bind or join with or as if with cement
[v] cover or coat with cement

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cement: cementum

Cement In Webster's Dictionary

\Ce*ment"\ (s[e^]*m[e^]nt" or s[e^]m"[e^]nt), n. [OF.
cement, ciment, F. ciment, fr. L. caementum a rough, unhewn
stone, pieces or chips of marble, from which mortar was made,
contr. fr. caedimentum, fr. caedere to cut, prob. akin to
scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.]
1. Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other,
   as mortar, glue, etc.

2. A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of
   clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under
   water.

3. The powder used in cementation. See {Cementation}, n., 2.

4. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in
   friendship, or men in society. ``The cement of our love.''

5. (Anat.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a
   tooth; -- called also {cementum}.

{Hydraulic cement}. See under {Hydraulic}.


\Ce*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cemented}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Cementing}.] [Cf. F. cimenter. See {Cement}, n.]
1. To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement. --Bp.
   Burnet.

2. To unite firmly or closely. --Shak.

3. To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar
   bottom.


\Ce*ment"\, v. i.
To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere. --S. Sharp.

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