concretenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈkɒŋ.kriːt/us/ˈkɑːn.kriːt/B2 a very hard building material made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, and water:
reinforced concrete
 a concrete floor/path
 a grey concrete building
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- The bomb shelter has concrete walls that are three metres thick.
 - The foundation of the house is built from rubble overlaid with concrete.
 - A row of reinforced concrete pillars supports the bridge.
 - Weeds were pushing up through the cracks in the concrete.
 - Don't walk on the concrete until it has set.
 
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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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concreteverb [ T ]
uk/ˈkɒŋ.kriːt/us/ˈkɑːn.kriːt/UKto cover something in concrete:
Why did you concrete over that nice garden?
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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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concreteadjective
uk/ˈkɒŋ.kriːt/us/ˈkɑːn.kriːt/C1 clear and certain, or real and existing in a form that can be seen or felt:
They think she killed her husband, but they have no concrete evidence.
 We have a general idea of what we want, but nothing concrete at the moment.
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- It is sometimes easier to illustrate an abstract concept by analogy with something concrete.
 - He drew attention to the absence of concrete evidence against the defendant.
 - I have a suspicion that he's having an affair, though I don't have any concrete proof.
 
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Certainty
- (as) clear as day idiom
 - (as) sure as eggs is eggs idiom
 - and that's flat! idiom
 - assured
 - assuredly
 - bet
 - cut and dried
 - decided
 - decidedly
 - definite
 - definitely
 - doubt
 - indeed
 - natch
 - pronounced
 - proof positive
 - seal
 - set/put the seal on sth idiom
 - shadow
 - signed and sealed idiom
 
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