Толковый словарь английского языка - cement
Cement
cement
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. concrete , 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, a binding element or agency: as, a substance to make objects adhere to each other, something serving to unite firmly , ~um , a plastic composition made especially of zinc or silica for filling dental cavities, the fine-grained groundmass or glass of a porphyry, II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb to unite or make firm by or as if by ~, to overlay with concrete, intransitive verb to become ~ed, ~er noun
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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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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