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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 especially 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.
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Cemented
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
verb (used without object)
8.
to become cemented; join together or unite; cohere.
Origin:
1250–1300; < Latin cēmentum, variant of caementum (singular of caementa unprocessed cuttings from the quarry, i.e., rough stone and chips) < *caed-mentom, equivalent to caed(ere) to cut + -mentum -ment; replacing Middle English cyment < Old French ciment < Latin, as above
1250–1300; < Latin cēmentum, variant of caementum (singular of caementa unprocessed cuttings from the quarry, i.e., rough stone and chips) < *caed-mentom, equivalent to caed(ere) to cut + -mentum -ment; replacing Middle English cyment < Old French ciment < Latin, as above
Related forms
ce·ment·a·ble, adjective
ce·ment·er, noun
ce·ment·less, adjective
re·ce·ment, verb
well-ce·ment·ed, adjective
Synonyms
6. merge, join, bind, fuse, secure.
6. merge, join, bind, fuse, secure.
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