Search results
- Dictionaryce·ment/səˈment/
noun
- 1. a powdery substance made with calcined lime and clay. It is mixed with water to form mortar or mixed with sand, gravel, and water to make concrete.
verb
- 1. attach with cement: "wooden posts were cemented into the ground"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
1. a. : concrete. b. : a powder of alumina, silica, lime, iron oxide, and magnesium oxide burned together in a kiln and finely pulverized and used as an ingredient of mortar and concrete. also : any mixture used for a similar purpose. 2. : a binding element or agency: such as. a. : a substance to make objects adhere to each other. b.
CEMENT definition: 1. a grey powder that is mixed with water and sand to make mortar or with water, sand, and small…. Learn more.
Sep 26, 2024 · Concrete is a mixture of cement, sand or other fine aggregate, and a coarse aggregate that for most purposes is up to 19 to 25 mm (0.75 to 1 inch) in size, but the coarse aggregate may also be as large as 150 mm (6 inches) when concrete is placed in large masses such as dams.
A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel (aggregate) together. Cement mixed with fine aggregate produces mortar for masonry, or with sand and gravel, produces concrete.
CEMENT meaning: 1. a grey powder that is mixed with water and sand to make mortar or with water, sand, and small…. Learn more.
1. a. 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. b. Portland cement. c. Concrete. 2. A substance that hardens to act as an adhesive; glue. 3.
Cement is a powder consisting of mixture of minerals that becomes hard when water is added. It is often mixed with sand and small stones to make concrete.
