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 Definitions of Concrete  [ˈkɒn krit, ˈkɒŋ-, kɒnˈkrit, kɒŋ-]  

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Definition of 'Concrete' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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.

8.  concrete
a concrete idea or term; a word or notion referring to an actual thing or instance.

9.  concrete
a mass formed by coalescence or concretion of particles of matter.

10. (v.t.) concrete
to treat or lay with concrete.

11.  concrete
to form into a mass by coalescence of particles; render solid.

12.  concrete
to make real, tangible, or particular.

13. (v.i.) concrete
to coalesce into a mass; become solid; harden.

Etymology:  (1950–55)

Definition of 'Concrete' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) concrete
a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water

2. (adj) concrete
capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary
"concrete objects such as trees"

3. (verb) concrete
formed by the coalescence of particles

4. (verb) concrete
cover with cement
"concrete the walls"

5. (verb) concrete
form into a solid mass; coalesce


Definition of 'Concrete' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) concrete
a powder, used in building, that hardens after water is added
a concrete foundation

2. (adjective) concrete
made of concrete
concrete sidewalks

3.  concrete
abstract
concrete evidence/thinking


Definition of 'Concrete' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Concrete
united in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form

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 cane juice 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


Translation of 'Concrete' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: made of concrete
concrete slabs.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: beton Arabic flag Arabic: إسْمَنْتي، مُتَماسِك Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бетонен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: concreto Czech flag Czech: betonový German flag German: Beton-...
Danish flag Danish: beton- Greek flag Greek: που είναι φτιαγμένος από Spanish flag Spanish: de hormigón
Estonian flag Estonian: betoonist Farsi flag Farsi: بتونی Finnish flag Finnish: betoni-
French flag French: en béton Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְבוּטַן Hindi flag Hindi: रोड़ा
Croatian flag Croatian: skručen, tvrd, stvrdnut Hungarian flag Hungarian: beton-, cement- Indonesian flag Indonesian: beton
Icelandic flag Icelandic: steinsteypu- Italian flag Italian: di cemento Japanese flag Japanese: コンクリートの
Korean flag Korean: 콘크리트로 만든 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: betoninis Latvian flag Latvian: betona-
Malay flag Malay: konkrit Dutch flag Dutch: betonnen Norwegian flag Norwegian: betong-
Polish flag Polish: betonowy Persian flag Persian: بتونی Pashto flag Pashto: مشخص، مجسم، واقعى، رشتيان
Portuguese flag Portuguese: concreto Romanian flag Romanian: de beton Russian flag Russian: бетонный
Slovak flag Slovak: betónový Slovenian flag Slovenian: betonski Serbian flag Serbian: betonski
Swedish flag Swedish: betong- Thai flag Thai: ทำจากคอนกรีต Turkish flag Turkish: beton
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 混凝土製的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бетонний Urdu flag Urdu: کنکریٹ کا بنا ہوا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cụ thể Chinese flag Chinese: 混凝土制的

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