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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CEMENT, n.
1. Any glutinous or other substance capable of uniting bodies in close cohesion, as mortar, glue, soder, etc. In building, cement denotes a stronger kind of mortar than that which is ordinarily used.
2. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.
3. Powders or pastes, surrounding bodies in pots and crucibles, for chimical purposes.
CEMENT, v.t. To unite by the application of glutinous substances, by mortar which hardens, or other matter that produces cohesion of bodies.
2. To unite firmly or closely; as, to cement all parts of the community; to cement friendship.
CEMENT, v.t. To unite or become solid; to unite and cohere.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
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, cement] v
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

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English sement, from Anglo-French ciment, from Latin caementum stone chips used in making mortar, from caedere to cut Date: 14th century 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: as a. a substance to make objects adhere to each other b. something serving to unite firmly <justice is the cement that holds a political community together — R. M. Hutchins> 3. cementum 4. a plastic composition made especially of zinc or silica for filling dental cavities 5. the fine-grained groundmass or glass of a porphyry II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to unite or make firm by or as if by cement 2. to overlay with concrete intransitive verb to become cemented • cementer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a powdery substance made by calcining lime and clay, mixed with water to form mortar or used in concrete (see also Portland cement). 2 any similar substance that hardens and fastens on setting. 3 a uniting factor or principle. 4 a substance for filling cavities in teeth. 5 (also cementum) Anat. a thin layer of bony material that fixes teeth to the jaw. --v.tr. 1 a unite with or as with cement. b establish or strengthen (a friendship etc.). 2 apply cement to. 3 line or cover with cement. Phrases and idioms: cement-mixer a machine (usu. with a revolving drum) for mixing cement with water. Derivatives: cementer n. Etymology: ME f. OF ciment f. L caementum quarry stone f. caedere hew

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cement Ce*ment", v. i. To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere. --S. Sharp.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cements, cementing, cemented) 1. Cement is a grey powder which is mixed with sand and water in order to make concrete. ...a mixture of wet sand and cement. 2. Cement is the same as concrete. ...the hard cold cement floor. 3. Glue that is made for sticking particular substances together is sometimes called cement. Stick the pieces on with tile cement. N-UNCOUNT: usu n N 4. Something that cements a relationship or agreement makes it stronger. Nothing cements a friendship between countries so much as trade. VERB: V n 5. If things are cemented together, they are stuck or fastened together. Most artificial joints are cemented into place. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed prep/adv

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Mortar. 2. Bond of union, bond. II. v. a. Unite, connect, attach, join. III. v. n. Unite, cohere, stick together.

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