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ce⋅ment

  [si-ment]
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–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.
a. a hardening, adhesive, plastic substance, used in the repair of teeth for anchoring fillings or inlays, for filling, or for fastening crowns.
b. Informal. cementum.
–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

Related forms:
ce⋅ment⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ce⋅ment⋅er, noun
ce⋅ment⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
6. merge, join, bind, fuse, secure.
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ce·ment   (sĭ-měnt')   
n.  

    1. 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.

    2. Portland cement.

    3. 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.

[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.
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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ce·ment
Pronunciation: si-'ment
Function: noun
1 : CEMENTUM
2 : a plastic composition made especially of zinc or silica for filling dental cavities
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Medical Dictionary

cement ce·ment (sĭ-měnt')
n.

  1. A substance used for filling dental cavities or anchoring crowns, inlays, or other restorations.

  2. See cementum.

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

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