Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See reinforced concrete.
Wiktionary
- n. A building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength.
Examples
“The pool is temporary until we can build the ferroconcrete tank on top of the hill.”
“We also intend to build a larger tank for storage on top of the hill, and the best we have seen is a round ferroconcrete tank with a liner at a cost of about 3-4 pesos per gallon.”
“Only one of these rocket centers was underground, but all were protected by massive ferroconcrete domes thirty to forty feet thick.”
“It was but a moment's effort to clamber over the broken stones of the fence, and then he began to walk slowly toward the small ferroconcrete building in the center of the compound, and the flag that drifted in the wind and the eternal flame before that building.”
“The stained and flame-singed ferroconcrete walls were festooned with the tools of his trade.”
“At last, he arrived at a ferroconcrete building in Toshima - ku studded with antennas and a satellite dish.”
“For an instant, he thought he was not going to make it, that he was going to hurtle headfirst into the ferroconcrete wall of the gym.”
“This made for a supremely responsive machine that held him in good stead as he zigzagged his way around terrified people and octago - nal ferroconcrete columns set in a double line down the length of the mall.”
“Nicholas looked at the bat-winged glass and ferroconcrete building in the center of the arty, tourist area of Roppongi.”
“Her house was ferroconcrete on the outside, black granite and black and white tiles on the inside.”
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ferro-, ferr-
containing iron
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