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concrete
noun
-
concrete
,
concreting
,
concretes
,
concreted
a
hard
building
material
made
by
mixing
cement
,
sand
,
gravel
,
and
water
,
which
becomes
solid
when
it
dries
•
Workers
poured
wet
concrete
into
the
wooden
frame
to
form
the
foundation
.
Workers
poured
wet
concrete
into
the
wooden
frame
to
form
the
foundation
.
•
After
a
day
of
drying
,
the
driveway's
concrete
was
smooth
and
hard
.
After
a
day
of
drying
,
the
driveway's
concrete
was
smooth
and
hard
.
From
Latin
concretus
“
grown
together
,
hard
,
thick
,”
past
participle
of
concrescere
“
to
grow
together
.”
Originally
an
adjective
in
English
(
16th
c
.);
the
building-material
sense
arose
in
the
19th
c
.
verb
-
concrete
,
concreting
,
concretes
,
concreted
to
cover
or
form
something
with
concrete
,
or
to
become
hard
like
concrete
•
Last
summer
,
builders
concreted
the
footpath
to
make
it
safer
for
pedestrians
.
Last
summer
,
builders
concreted
the
footpath
to
make
it
safer
for
pedestrians
.
•
Over
time
,
the
mixture
will
concrete
and
set
solid
.
Over
time
,
the
mixture
will
concrete
and
set
solid
.
