1. (adj.)concrete constituting an actual thing or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
2. concrete pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular as opposed to general: concrete proposals.
3. concrete referring to an actual substance or thing, as opposed to an abstract quality: The words “cat,”“water,” and “teacher” are concrete, whereas the words “truth,”“excellence,” and “adulthood” are abstract.
4. concrete made of concrete: concrete blocks.
5. concrete formed by coalescence of separate particles into a mass; united in a coagulated, condensed, or solid mass or state.
6. (n.)concrete an artificial, stonelike building material made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.
7. concrete any of various other artificial building or paving materials, as those containing tar.
1. (adj)Concrete united in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solidform
2. (adj)Concrete standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract
3. (adj)Concrete applied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to general. See Abstract, 3
4. (noun)Concrete a compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body
5. (noun)Concrete a mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures
6. (noun)Concrete a term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term
7. (noun)Concrete sugar boiled down from canejuice to a solid mass
8. (verb)Concrete to unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body
9. (verb)Concrete to form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles
10. (verb)Concrete to cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement