Concreteness

con·crete  (kn-krt, kng-, knkrt, kng-)

adj.

1. Of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular: had the concrete evidence needed to convict.

2. Existing in reality or in real experience; perceptible by the senses; real: concrete objects such as trees.

3. Formed by the coalescence of separate particles or parts into one mass; solid.

4. Made of hard, strong, conglomerate construction material.

n. (knkrt, kng-, kn-krt, kng-)

1. A hard, strong construction material consisting of sand, conglomerate gravel, pebbles, broken stone, or slag in a mortar or cement matrix.

2. A mass formed by the coalescence of particles.

v. (knkrt, kng-, kn-krt, kng-) con·cret·ed, con·cret·ing, con·cretes

v.tr.

1. To build, treat, or cover with hard, strong conglomerate construction material.

2. To form into a mass by coalescence or cohesion of particles or parts.

v.intr.

To harden; solidify.

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[Middle English concret, from Latin concrtus, past participle of concrscere, to grow together, harden : com-, com- + crscere, to grow; see ker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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con·cretely adv.

con·creteness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

concreteness - the quality of being concrete (not abstract) literalness - adhereing to the concrete construal of something corporality, corporeality, physicalness, materiality - the quality of being physical; consisting of matter abstractness - the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object