cement Definition

cement
noun

1. A fine powder, composed of a mixture of clay and limestone, that hardens when mixed with water, and is used to make mortar and concrete.
2. Any of various substances used as adhesives for bonding to a hard material.
3. dentistry.
Any of various substances used to fill cavities in teeth.
4. Another word for cementum.
5. geol.
Any material, especially precipitated mineral salts, that binds loose particles of sediment together to form solid rock.

verb cemented, cementing

1. To stick together with cement.
2. To apply cement.
3. To bind or make firm (eg a friendship).

Thesaurus: attach, weld, bond, fuse, join, combine, unite, bind, glue, seal, plaster.

Etymology: 13c: from French ciment, from Latin caementum quarried stone.

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Note that cement is not the same as concrete, but is the bonding ingredient of it.