cement
Meaning of cement
noun
a powdery substance made by calcining lime and clay, mixed with water to form mortar or mixed with sand, gravel, and water to make concrete.
verb- fix with cement.
wooden posts were cemented into the ground
Middle English: from Old French ciment (noun), cimenter (verb), from Latin caementum ‘quarry stone’, from caedere ‘hew’.
Information about cement
- The plural form of cement is: cements.
- Languages in which cement is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of cement
ce-ment
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- cement is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
cement synonyms
Meaning cementum:
Meaning a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree:
Meaning join or be joined securely to something else, especially by means of an adhesive substance, heat, or pressure:
Meaning link; connect:
Meaning bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established:
Meaning close or do up securely:
Meaning fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position:
Meaning stick, attach, or fasten (something) to something else:
Meaning join or fasten (something) to something else:
Meaning fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost:
Meaning tie or fasten (something) tightly together:
Meaning fasten or join with or as if with glue:
Meaning fasten with gum or glue:
Meaning coat with paste:
Meaning join or blend to form a single entity:
Meaning join together (metal parts) by heating the surfaces to the point of melting with a blowpipe, electric arc, or other means, and uniting them by pressing, hammering, etc:
Meaning join with solder:
Translation of cement
Words that rhyme with cement
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