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Meaning of concretes

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

concretes

noun

Definitions

  1. A solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particles; a compound substance, a concretion.

  2. 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.

  3. A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.

  4. Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.

verb

Definitions

  1. (usually transitive) To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).

    Example: I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn.

  2. (usually transitive) To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).

  3. To unite or coalesce into a mass or a solid body.