cement
cement is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.
- 2.The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n.., 2.
- 3.Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society. "The cement of our love."
- 4.(Anat.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum. Hydraulic cement. See under Hydraulic.
- 5.To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement. Bp. Burnet.
- 6.To unite firmly or closely. Shak.
- 7.To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.
- 8.To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere. S. Sharp.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absorb
- absorption
- adamant
- adamantean
- adamantine
- adobe
- alloy
- amalgam
- amalgamate
- amalgamation
- ammunition
- and
- ant
- arms
- atomic
- baggage
- blend
- blending
- block
- board
- bone
- bony
- brick
- brown
- buckram
- calculous
- calico
- callosity
- cambric
- cartilage
- cartilaginous
- cashmere
- cast
- centralization
- centralize
- clapboard
- clay
- coalesce
- coalescence
- cohesion
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is cement.
- What is a kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water called?
- What is the powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n.., 2 called?
- What is bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society. "The cement of our love." called?
- What is the layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum. Hydraulic cement. See under Hydraulic called?
- What is to unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement. Bp. Burnet called?
- What is to overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom called?
- What is to become cemented or firmly united; to cohere. S. Sharp called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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