Meaning of cement | Babel Free

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1. A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
   countable, uncountable
2. A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete
3. A town in Oklahoma.
4. The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
   uncountable
5. The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries
6. To become cemented.
7. Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
   uncountable
8. Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout
9. Firmly settled or determined; unalterable: The administration's position on taxes was set in cement despite the unfavorable public response.
10. A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
11. A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society
12. to join firmly with cement. met sement messel يثبّت بالأسْمَنْت споявам cimentar (za/vy)cementovat zementieren cementere τσιμεντάρω unir con cemento tsementima سیمان کردن liimata cimenter לְהַדבִּיק जोड़ना vezati cementom, cementirati (cementtel) összeragaszt menyemen líma; festa, binda cementare セメントで固める 시멘트로 결합시키다 cementuoti cementēt menyimen cementerenlime, binde sammen, sementerespajać, cementować سمنت کول cimentar a cimenta цементировать cementovať spojiti zacementirati cementera, samman...
13. The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
    countable, uncountable
14. The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum
15. a machine with a revolving drum in which water and cement are mixed together. sementmenger خَلاّطَةُ اسْمَنْت цеменовоз misturadora míchačka na cement der Zementmischer cementblander μπετονιέραhormigonera tsemendiveski ماشین مخلوط کننه سیمان و آب betonimylly bétonnière מְעֲרבֵּל בֶּטוֹן एक मशीन जो सीमेंट बालू आदि मिलाती है mješalica za beton betonkeverő (gép) molen, pengaduk semen steypuhrærivél betoniera コンクリートミキサー 콘크리트 믹서 betono maišytuvas betona maisītājs mesin pembancuh simen betonmolen s...
16. cemento, sustancia adherente.
17. 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.
18. A substance that hardens to act as an adhesive; glue.
19. Something that serves to bind or unite: "Custom was in early days the cement of society" (Walter Bagehot).
20. Geology A chemically precipitated substance that binds particles of clastic rocks.
    Geology
21. Dentistry A substance used for filling cavities or anchoring crowns, inlays, or other restorations.
    Dentistry

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Examples

“In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.”

“Indigenous bacteria, which naturally exist in specific environments, are being increasingly utilized in self-healing cement to promote calcite precipitation, a process that fills cracks and restores the material’s structural integrity [4,5].”

“the cement of our love”

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