Cement

What do we mean by cement?

A building material made by grinding calcined limestone and clay to a fine powder, which can be mixed with water and poured to set as a solid mass or used as an ingredient in making mortar or concrete. noun

Portland cement. noun

Concrete. noun

A substance that hardens to act as an adhesive; glue. noun

Something that serves to bind or unite. noun

A chemically precipitated substance that binds particles of clastic rocks. noun

A substance used for filling cavities or anchoring crowns, inlays, or other restorations. noun

To bind with or as if with cement. intransitive verb

To cover or coat with cement. intransitive verb

To become cemented. intransitive verb

(in cement) Firmly settled or determined; unalterable. idiom

To unite by cement, as by mortar which hardens, or by other matter that produces cohesion of bodies.

Figuratively, to unite morally or socially in close or firm union.

To unite or become solid; unite and cohere.

Any composition which at one temperature or one degree of moisture is plastic and at another is tenacious. noun

Specifically A kind of mortar which sets or hardens under water: hence often called hydraulic cement. noun

A name sometimes given by placer and hydraulic miners to any rather firmly compacted mass of detrital auriferous material. noun

In anatomy, the cortical substance which forms the outer crust of a tooth from the point where the enamel terminates to the apex of the root, resembling bone in anatomical structure and chemical composition. Also called cementum. See cut under tooth. noun

A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.

The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.

Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.

A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.

The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.

Words that are spelled similarly to cement:
cement, clement, dement, cedent, bement, ciment, zement.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word cement:
clinker, sheeting, slag, aggregates, gypsum, kiln, lime, mixer, casing, asbestos, corrugated, concrete, plaster, mortar, fertilizer, quarries, render, portland, bricks, tile, factory, paste, limestone, quarry, calcium, asphalt, tiles, textiles, timber, tonnes, plant, gravel, manufacture, hydraulic, roofs, ash, sand, rendered, industries, chemicals, manufacturing, steel, tons, dioxide, ltd, aggregate, minerals, manufacturer, petroleum, brick, materials, roof, dust, powder, plants, blocks, mineral, mixture, ceiling, marble, coal, clay, walls, sheet, iron, products, boards, glass, mills, chemical, floor, waste, freight, construction, industry, mix, raw, industrial, stone, carbon, fly, doors, manufactured, sugar, works, mining, material, truck, reputation.

Words that rhyme with cement:
present, content, event, accent, consent, advent, lament, augment, rent, supplement, intent, descent, represent, circumvent, dissent, extent, prevent, assent, resent, vent, bent, segment, tent, orient, dent, president, lent, indent, repent, relent, ferment, scent, torment, ascent, meant, percent, stent, invent, cent, frequent, ent, discontent, sent, spent, went, kent, pent, malcontent, gent, underwent, convent, ident, reinvent, trent, occident, misrepresent, shent, brent, splent, dente, dement, vice president, ghent, blent, disorient, slent, fent, misspent, tashkent, sente, lente, drent, nonevent, gwent, wendt, sprent, unspent, underrepresent, in any event, zent, glent, acute accent, mente, circus tent, line of descent, letter of intent, outspent, pup tent, overspent, grave accent, ground rent, broadbent, to that extent, wente, rack rent, to a lesser extent, economic rent, cent-, dramatic event, happy event.

Adjectives that are often used to describe cement:
hydraulic, natural, neat, white, ordinary, roman, wet, acrylic, excess, hard, dental, calcareous, plastic, dry, portland, asphaltic, silicate, strong, intercellular, mixed, temporary, liquid, normal, pure, hydrated, eugenol, fresh, fine, aluminous, ionomer, alumina, waterproof, hardened, solvent, siliceous, bituminous, gray, hot, cold, resisting, soft, hardening, asbestos, less, excellent, finished, resistant, red, standard, smooth, enough, concrete, reinforced, adhesive, suitable, sparry, clear, impregnated, artificial, blended, solid, thin, powerful, refractory, grey, polycarboxylate, composite, rapid, bulk, colored, thick, ferruginous, proof, surgical, elastic, epoxy.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective cement:
ratio, mortar, paste, concrete, grout, substance, interface, plaster, ratios, plants, rock, floor, blocks, works, production, mixture, clinker, bone, dust, pipe, powder, floors, mixtures, stone, factories, manufacture, pipes, materials, material, board, sheets, mixers, industry, plant, water, slurry, copper, mortars, block, products, mixer, mix, making, walls, base, stucco, kilns, tile, shingles, composites, lining, finisher, glands, friendship, based, workers, sand, sidewalks, mills, factory, relations, flooring, roads, manufacturing, tiles, coating, joints, finish, asbestos, corpuscles, relationships, siding, brick, ducts, construction, wall, ties, bond, stones, strength, bags, pavement, pastes, slabs, finishers, gland, grouts, quality, steel, walks, particles, panels, steps, pavements, mixes, bed.

Consonant match to cement:
surmount, seamount, sam hunt, sea meant, sea mount, see mount, see mt, seem meant, some hint.

Words that sound like cement:
cement, ciment, summoned, sonant, summand, cements, seamount, summit, summon, segment, summons, summitt, saman, samina, samit, summat, sommet, summen, smint, cementer, serment, surmount, so many, cnt, summate, somite, somat, some head, simmons, simmon, semon, symone, symon, simen, symons, simin, seminate, cimon, semmens, simonet, simoneau, simoneaux, dement, simon, salmon, semen, seamen, simone, seaman, summoner, simons, seman, sumit, summing, semite, simona, salman, seamon, solent, siemens, simony, suman, sammon, seeman, samet, scient, salmons, semana, soman, samen, assonant, siman, somen, sayman, siemon, sammons, saimin, semaine, simonne, hemant, semina, seamans, seamons, simien, semien, sammut, sammet, savement, suint, summonsed, simoon, seemann, seulement, asonant, saumon, suent, assument, c-man, cymene, simonie.