concrete
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Definitions ofconcrete
- A solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particles; a compound substance, a concretion.
- Specifically, a building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.
Example: "The road was made of concrete that had been poured in large slabs."
- A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
- Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
- A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.
- An extract of herbal materials that has a semi-solid consistency, especially when such materials are partly aromatic.
- (usually transitive) To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).
Example: "I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn."
- (usually transitive) To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).
- To unite or coalesce into a mass or a solid body.
- Real, actual, tangible.
Example: "Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that bigfoot exists."
- Being or applying to actual things, not abstract qualities or categories.
- Particular, specific, rather than general.
Example: "While everyone else offered thoughts and prayers, she made a concrete proposal to help."
- United by coalescence of separate particles, or liquid, into one mass or solid.
- (modifying a noun) Made of concrete, a building material.
Example: "The office building had concrete flower boxes out front."
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