concrete

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The average time the concrete was allowed to set before the forms were removed was 16 hours.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular: had the concrete evidence needed to convict.
  2. adjective Existing in reality or in real experience; perceptible by the senses; real: concrete objects such as trees.
  3. adjective Formed by the coalescence of separate particles or parts into one mass; solid.
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  • Surprisingly satiny to the touch, the concrete has been allowed to age naturally. —  globorati
  • But somebody's gotta take the blame, and unless a magic wand is soon waved the concrete is almost set. —  Fore Left!
  • This concrete was able to cure underwater, vital to bridging rivers and bodies of water. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Jointing the concrete is accomplished by grooving tools (unless the slab will be sawcut later). —  ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
  • The quarry, in the mountain to the north of the dam whence were being taken the giant rock for embedding in the concrete was his first care. —  Still Jim
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  1. Middle English concret, from Latin concrētus, past participle of concrēscere, to grow together, harden : com-, com- + crēscere, to grow; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Dutch konkreet = German concret = Danish Swedish konkret = F. Provencal concret = Spanish Portuguese Italian concreto, from Latin concretus, grown together, hardened, condensed, solid (neuter concretum, firm or solid matter), past participle of concrescere, grow together, harden, condense, stiffen: see concresce, and cf. discrete.
  2. = French concréter, coagulate, = Spanish concretar = Italian concretare, concrete, from Latin concretus, past participle of concrescere, grow together: see concresce and concrete, adjective
 

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