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ce·ment  (s-mnt)

n.

1.

a. A building material made by grinding calcined limestone and clay to a fine powder, which can be mixed with water and poured to set as a solid mass or used as an ingredient in making mortar or concrete.

b. Portland cement.

c. Concrete.

2. A substance that hardens to act as an adhesive; glue.

3. Something that serves to bind or unite: "Custom was in early days the cement of society" Walter Bagehot.

4. Geology A chemically precipitated substance that binds particles of clastic rocks.

5. Dentistry A substance used for filling cavities or anchoring crowns, inlays, or other restorations.

6. Variant of cementum.

v. ce·ment·ed, ce·ment·ing, ce·ments

v.tr.

1. To bind with or as if with cement.

2. To cover or coat with cement.

v.intr.

To become cemented.

Idiom:

in cement

Firmly settled or determined; unalterable: The administration's position on taxes was set in cement despite the unfavorable public response.

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[Middle English, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum, rough-cut stone, rubble used in making concrete, from caedere, to cut; see ka-id- in Indo-European roots.]

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ce·menter n.

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cement

Noun

1.

a. a fine grey powder made of limestone and clay, mixed with water and sand to make mortar or concrete

b. mortar or concrete

2. something that unites, binds, or joins things or people: bone cement, the cement of fear and hatred of the Left

3. Dentistry a material used for filling teeth

Verb

1. to join, bind, or cover with cement

2. to make (a relationship) stronger: this would cement a firm alliance between the army and rebels [Latin caementum stone from the quarry]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cement - concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; "they stood on the grey cement beside the pool" concrete - a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
	2.	cement - 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 building material - material used for constructing buildings hydraulic cement, Portland cement - a cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result concrete - a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water mortar - used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
	3.	cement - something that hardens to act as adhesive material adhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material - a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together glue, mucilage, gum - cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive putty - a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass iron putty - a cement resembling putty; made by mixing ferric oxide and boiled linseed oil; is acid resistant red-lead putty - a cement resembling putty; made by mixing white and red lead in boiled linseed oil; used as luting on pipe fittings mastic - a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler
	4.	cement - any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth filling, fill - any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench"
	5.	cement - a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth cementum solid body substance - the solid parts of the body tooth root, root - the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
Verb	1.	cement - make fast as if with cement; "We cemented our friendship" bind - make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"
	2.	cement - cover or coat with cement coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" cement - bind or join with or as if with cement
	3.	cement - bind or join with or as if with cement fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" cement - cover or coat with cement

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cement

noun 1. mortar, plaster, paste

noun 2. sealant, glue, gum, adhesive, binder

verb 3. stick, join, bond, attach, seal, glue, plaster, gum, weld, solder

Translations

cement [səˈmɛnt] n → cemento

vt → cementar;

(fig) → cimentar

cement [səˈmɛnt] n → ciment m

vt → cimenter

cement [səˈmɛnt] n → Zement m;

(concrete) → Beton m;

(glue) → Klebstoff m

vt → zementieren;

(stick, glue) → kleben (fig); festigen

cement [səˈmɛnt] n → cemento

vt → cementare

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cement

n cement [səˈment]

1 a mixture of clay and lime (usually with sand and water added) used for sticking things (eg bricks) together in building and to make concrete for making very hard surfaces. sementسِمِنْت، إسْمَنْتциментcementcementder Zementτσιμέντοcementotsementسیمانsementticimentמֶלֶטसीमेंटcementcementsemensementcementoセメント시멘트cementascementssimencementsementcementcimentocimentцементcementcementcementcementปูนซีเมนต์çimento水泥цементسیمنٹxi măng水泥

2 any of several types of glue. lymمادة لاصِقَهспойкаlepidlo, tmelbindemiddel; klisterder Klebstoffκόλλαadhesivosideaineچسبkitticimentחוֹמֵר הַדבָּקָהवजनचूर्णuniverzalno ljepiloragasztószerperekatlímadesivo接着剤접착제rišamoji medžiagasaistvielagambindmiddelbinde-/klebemiddelklejcolaliantклейtmellepilolepakkitt, bindemedelกาวtutkal, zamk, çiriş膠接劑цементуюча, клеюча речовинаگوند کی کوئی بھی قسمchất gắn như xi măng胶接剂

3 a substance used to fill cavities in teeth. sementميناء الأسنانвещество за пломбаzubní cementcementder Zahnzementυλικό σφραγίσματος των δοντιώνempastehambatsementسمنتومsementti, paikkausaineamalgameחוֹמֵר לְסתִימָהदांतों में हुए छिद्र में भरा जाने वाला पदार्थcement(fog)cementtambal gigitannfyllingarefniamalgama歯科用セメント경화재(硬化材)plombazobu cementssimen gigiplombeerselsementcement (plomba do wypełniania zębów)massacimentпломбировочный материалzubný cementamalgamcementfyllningปูนสำหรับอุดฟัน(diş) dolgu maddesi牙齒粘固粉пломбувальний цементدانتوں کے خلا کو بھرنے والا مادہbột hàn răng粘固粉

v

to join firmly with cement. met sement messelيثبّت بالأسْمَنْتспоявам(za/vy)cementovatcementerezementierenτσιμεντάρωunir con cementotsementimaسیمان کردنkitatacimenterלְהַדבִּיקजोड़नाvezati cementom, cementirati(cementtel) összeragasztmenyemenlíma; festa, bindacementareセメントで固める시멘트로 접합하다cementuoticementētmenyimencementerenlime, binde sammen, sementerespajać, cementowaćcimentara cimentaцементироватьcementovaťspojitizacementiraticementera, sammanfogaฉาบด้วยซีเมนต์çimentolamak用水泥粘合цементуватиسیمنٹ سے مضبوطی سے جوڑناtrát xi măng用水泥粘合

cement mixer

a machine with a revolving drum in which water and cement are mixed together. sementmengerخَلاّطَةُ اسْمَنْتцеменовозmíchačka na cementcementblanderder Zementmischerμπετονιέραhormigoneratsemendiveskiماشین مخلوط کننه سیمان و آبbetonimyllybétonnièreמְעֲרבֵּל בֶּטוֹןएक मशीन जो सीमेंट बालू आदि मिलाती हैmješalica za betonbetonkeverő (gép)molen, pengaduk semensteypuhrærivélbetonieraコンクリートミキサー시멘트 믹서, 레미콘betono maišytuvasbetona maisītājsmesin pembancuh simenbetonmolensementblanderbetoniarkamisturadorabetonierăбетономешалкаmiešačka na betónmešalecmešalicacementblandareเครื่องผสมปูนซีเมนต์çimento/beton karıcı水泥攪拌器бетономішалкаسیمنٹ ریت کوملانے والی مشینmáy trộn xi măng水泥搅拌器