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ce⋅ment
[si-ment] 
–noun
| 1. | any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material. |
| 2. | any of various soft, sticky substances that dry hard or stonelike, used esp. for mending broken objects or for making things adhere. |
| 3. | Petrography. the compact groundmass surrounding and binding together the fragments of clastic rocks. |
| 4. | anything that binds or unites: Time is the cement of friendship. |
| 5. | Dentistry.
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–verb (used with object)
| 6. | to unite by or as if by cement: to cement stones to form a wall; to cement a relationship. |
| 7. | to coat or cover with cement: to cement a floor. |
–verb (used without object)
| 8. | to become cemented; join together or unite; cohere. |
Origin:
1250–1300; < L cēmentum, var. of caementum (sing. of caementa unprocessed cuttings from the quarry, i.e., rough stone and chips) < *caed-mentom, equiv. to caed(ere) to cut + -mentum -ment; r. ME cyment < OF ciment < L, as above
1250–1300; < L cēmentum, var. of caementum (sing. of caementa unprocessed cuttings from the quarry, i.e., rough stone and chips) < *caed-mentom, equiv. to caed(ere) to cut + -mentum -ment; r. ME cyment < OF ciment < L, as above
Related forms:
ce⋅ment⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ce⋅ment⋅er, noun
ce⋅ment⋅less, adjective
Synonyms:
6. merge, join, bind, fuse, secure.
6. merge, join, bind, fuse, secure.
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| ce·ment (sĭ-měnt') n.
v. tr.
To become cemented. [Middle English, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum, rough-cut stone, rubble used in making concrete, from caedere, to cut; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots.] ce·ment'er n. |
| ce·men·tum (sĭ-měn'təm) n. A bonelike substance covering the root of a tooth. [New Latin, from Latin caementum, rough stone; see cement.] |
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Cement
Ce*ment"\ (s[e^]*m[e^]nt" or s[e^]m"[e^]nt), n. [OF. cement, ciment, F. ciment, fr. L. caementum a rough, unhewn stone, pieces or chips of marble, from which mortar was made, contr. fr. caedimentum, fr. caedere to cut, prob. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.]1. Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc. 2. A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water. 3. The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2. 4. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society. "The cement of our love." 5. (Anat.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum. Hydraulic cement. See under Hydraulic.Cement
Ce*ment"\, v. i. To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere. --S. Sharp.
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Language Translation for : Cement
Spanish:
cemento,
German:
der Zement,
Japanese:
セメント
cement
c.1300, from O.Fr. ciment, from L. cæmenta "stone chips used for making mortar," from cædere "to cut down, chop, beat, hew, fell, slay" from PIE base *(s)k(h)a- "to strike" (cf. Skt. skhidati "beats, tears," Lith. kaisti "shave," Ger. heien "beat"). The sense evolution from "small broken stones" to "powdered stones used in construction" took place before the word reached Eng. The verb is from 1340.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ce·ment
Pronunciation: si-'ment
Function: noun
1 :
2 : a plastic composition made especially of zinc or silica for filling dental cavities
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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cement ce·ment (sĭ-měnt')
n.
- A substance used for filling dental cavities or anchoring crowns, inlays, or other restorations.
- See cementum.
- A substance that hardens to act as an adhesive; glue.
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