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ce·ment    Audio Help   [si-ment] Pronunciation Key
–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 cémentum, 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]

ce·ment·a·ble, adjective
ce·ment·er, noun
ce·ment·less, adjective

6. merge, join, bind, fuse, secure.
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ce·ment    Audio Help   (sĭ-měnt')  Pronunciation Key 
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.
  1. A substance that hardens to act as an adhesive; glue.
  2. Something that serves to bind or unite: "Custom was in early days the cement of society" (Walter Bagehot).
  3. Geology A chemically precipitated substance that binds particles of clastic rocks.
  4. Dentistry A substance used for filling cavities or anchoring crowns, inlays, or other restorations.
  5. 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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ce·men·tum    Audio Help   (sĭ-měn'təm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A bonelike substance covering the root of a tooth.


[New Latin, from Latin caementum, rough stone; see cement.]

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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.

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cement

noun
1. concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; "they stood on the grey cement beside the pool" 
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 
3. something that hardens to act as adhesive material 
4. any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth 
5. a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth [syn: cementum

verb
1. make fast as if with cement; "We cemented our friendship" 
2. cover or coat with cement 
3. bind or join with or as if with cement 

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cement1 [səˈment] noun
a mixture of clay and lime (usually with sand and water added) used for sticking things (eg bricks) together in building and to make concrete for making very hard surfaces
Arabic: سِمِنْت، إسْمَنْت
Chinese (Simplified): 水泥
Chinese (Traditional): 水泥
Czech: cement
Danish: cement
Dutch: cement
Estonian: tsement
Finnish: sementti
French: ciment
German: der Zement
Greek: τσιμέντο
Hungarian: cement
Icelandic: sement
Indonesian: semen
Italian: cemento
Japanese: セメント
Korean: 시멘트
Latvian: cements
Lithuanian: cementas
Norwegian: sement
Polish: cement
Portuguese (Brazil): cimento
Portuguese (Portugal): cimento
Romanian: ciment
Russian: цемент
Slovak: cement
Slovenian: cement
Spanish: cemento
Swedish: cement
Turkish: çimento
cement2 [səˈment] noun
any of several types of glue
Arabic: مادة لاصِقَه
Chinese (Simplified): 胶接剂
Chinese (Traditional): 膠接劑
Czech: lepidlo, tmel
Danish: bindemiddel; klister
Dutch: bindmiddel
Estonian: sideaine
Finnish: kitti
French: ciment
German: der Klebstoff
Greek: κόλλα
Hungarian: ragasztószer
Icelandic: lím
Indonesian: perekat
Italian: adesivo
Japanese: 接着剤
Korean: 접착제
Latvian: saistviela
Lithuanian: rišamoji medžiaga
Norwegian: binde-, *klebemiddel
Polish: klej
Portuguese (Brazil): cola
Portuguese (Portugal): cola
Romanian: liant
Russian: клей
Slovak: tmel
Slovenian: lepilo
Spanish: adhesivo
Swedish: kitt, bindemedel
Turkish: tutkal, zamk, çiriş
cement3 [səˈment] noun
a substance used to fill cavities in teeth
Arabic: ميناء الأسنان
Chinese (Simplified): 粘固粉
Chinese (Traditional): 牙齒粘固粉
Czech: zubní cement
Danish: cement
Dutch: plombeersel
Estonian: hambatsement
Finnish: sementti, paikkausaine
French: amalgame
German: der Zahnzement
Greek: υλικό σφραγίσματος των δοντιών
Hungarian: (fog)cement
Icelandic: tannfyllingarefni
Indonesian: tambal gigi
Italian: amalgama
Japanese: 歯科用セメント
Korean: 경화재(硬化材)
Latvian: zobu cements
Lithuanian: plomba
Norwegian: sement
Polish: cement (plomba do wypełniania zębów)
Portuguese (Brazil): cimento
Portuguese (Portugal): massa
Romanian: ciment
Russian: пломбировочный материал
Slovak: zubný cement
Slovenian: amalgam
Spanish: empaste
Swedish: fyllning
Turkish: (diş) dolgu maddesi
cement [səˈment] verb
to join firmly with cement
Arabic: يثبّت بالأسْمَنْت
Chinese (Simplified): 用水泥粘合
Chinese (Traditional): 用水泥粘合
Czech: (za, *vy)cementovat
Danish: cementere
Dutch: cementeren
Estonian: tsementima
Finnish: kitata
French: cimenter
German: zementieren
Greek: τσιμεντάρω
Hungarian: (cementtel) összeragaszt
Icelandic: líma; festa, binda
Indonesian: menyemen
Italian: cementare
Japanese: セメントで固める
Korean: 시멘트로 접합하다
Latvian: cementēt
Lithuanian: cementuoti
Norwegian: lime, binde sammen, sementere
Polish: spajać, cementować
Portuguese (Brazil): cimentar
Portuguese (Portugal): cimentar
Romanian: a cimenta
Russian: цементировать
Slovak: cementovať
Slovenian: spojiti
Spanish: unir con cemento
Swedish: cementera, sammanfoga
Turkish: çimentolamak
See also: cement mixer

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Cement City, MI (village, FIPS 14260) Location: 42.06840 N, 84.32732 W
Population (1990): 493 (179 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49233

Cement, OK (town, FIPS 13000) Location: 34.93631 N, 98.13624 W
Population (1990): 642 (327 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73017

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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.
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Cement

Ce*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cemented; p. pr. & vb. n. Cementing.] [Cf. F. cimenter. See Cement, n.]

1. To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement. --Bp. Burnet.

2. To unite firmly or closely. --Shak.

3. To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.
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Cement

Ce*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cemented; p. pr. & vb. n. Cementing.] [Cf. F. cimenter. See Cement, n.]

1. To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement. --Bp. Burnet.

2. To unite firmly or closely. --Shak.

3. To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.
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