cementnoun [ U ]
uk/sɪˈment/us/səˈment/cement noun [ U ] (BUILDING MATERIAL)
a grey powder that is mixed with water and sand to make mortar or with water, sand, and small stones to make concrete:
a bag of cement
a cement factory
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Building materials
- adobe
- airbrick
- asbestos
- asphalt
- bitumen
- boarding
- flitch
- floorboard
- flooring
- hard core
- hardboard
- lacquer
- limestone
- razor wire
- reinforced concrete
- roofing
- rubble
- screed
- shingle
- siding
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cement noun [ U ] (GLUE)
a substance that sticks things together:
Dentists use cement to hold crowns and bridges in place.
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Glues, gluing & stickiness
- adhere
- adhesion
- adhesive
- Blu-Tack
- clag
- fixative
- gloop
- glue
- gluey
- glutinous
- gum
- gummy
- honeydew
- plaster
- propanone
- putty
- slimy
- stick-on
- sticky
- tacky
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cementverb [ T ]
uk/sɪˈment/us/səˈment/cement verb [ T ] (STICK TOGETHER)
to put cement on a surface or stick things together using cement
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Covering and adding layers
- asphalt
- bestrew
- binder
- blanket
- blindfold
- carpet
- coat
- film
- film over
- fur
- gild
- gum sth up
- inlay
- lag
- pad
- proof
- resurface
- seal
- swathe
- whitewash
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Glues, gluing & stickiness
cement verb [ T ] (MAKE STRONGER)
to make something such as an agreement or friendship stronger:
The university's exchange scheme has cemented its links with many other academic institutions.
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Becoming and making stronger
- aggrandize
- boil
- boil up
- bolster
- concentrate
- concentrated
- consolidate
- dial
- fuel
- gel
- harden
- jell
- power (sth) up
- reignite
- reinvigorate
- take hold idiom
- that'll put hairs on your chest! idiom
- tighten
- tighten sth up
- toughen
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