concrete
/kɵnˈkɹiːt//ˈkɑnkɹiːt/noun
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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.
verb
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(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.
adjective
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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.