cement
Found in thesaurus: concrete,
building material,
adhesive agent,
adhesive,
adhesive material,
fill,
filling,
solid body substance,
bind,
surface,
coat,
fix,
secure,
fasten
cement
v.
coat with cement, fill with cement; bind together with cement; reinforce
n.
concrete, mortar; bonding agent; filling (for teeth)
dental cement
n.
(Dentistry) bonding substances placed in the mouth as a sticky and thick liquid and set to a hard mass (usually used in restorative and orthodontic dental procedures)
Cement
A
cement is a
binder, a substance that sets and hardens and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" can be traced back to the
Roman term
opus caementicium, used to describe
masonry resembling modern
concrete that was made from crushed rock with
burnt lime as binder. The
volcanic ash and pulverized
brick supplements that were added to the burnt lime, to obtain a hydraulic binder, were later referred to as
cementum,
cimentum,
cäment, and
cement.
cement
Noun
1. concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; "they stood on the gray cement beside the pool"
(hypernym) concrete
2. 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
(hypernym) building material
(hyponym) hydraulic cement, Portland cement
(substance-holonym) concrete
3. something that hardens to act as adhesive material
(hypernym) adhesive material, adhesive
(hyponym) glue, gum, mucilage
4. any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
(hypernym) filling, fill
5. a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
(synonym) cementum
(hypernym) solid body substance
(part-holonym) root, tooth root
Verb
1. make fast as if with cement; "We cemented our friendship"
(hypernym) bind
2. cover or coat with cement
(hypernym) coat, surface
3. bind or join with or as if with cement
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
cement (het/de)
n.
cement, concrete, mortar; bonding agent
cement
v.
cementovat; tmelit; utužit
n.
cement; beton; pojivo; tmel; cement
dental cement
n.
zubní cement