Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of
cement .
Etymologies
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Examples
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So at mealtimes the day room was filled with bleary-eyed men shoveling in cementlike oatmeal, wolfing stale bologna sandwiches, or spooning in slop.
Long Way Home Laura Caldwell 2010
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I'm aware of the lack of leafy protection as my skin tingles in the intense, high-noon sun and archaeologists complain that exposed soil quickly bakes into a cementlike hardness, making their work slow and difficult.
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I eyed the cementlike glob adhering to my spoon critically, then decided that it was still soft enough to eat, and doused it with honey.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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COOPER: In La Conchita, California, the trouble started when an entire rain-soaked hillside turned into a river of cementlike sludge.
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A tangle of yellow hair and a red piece of cloth protruded from a pile of cementlike snow.
127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004
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A tangle of yellow hair and a red piece of cloth protruded from a pile of cementlike snow.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place Aron Ralston 2004
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But unlike the Laetoli prints, which have survived for 3.5 million years encased in cementlike ash, those at Tranquility Base could be swept away with a casual brush of a space tourist's hand.
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I tried to be Ahmet, but the ful was mushy, the mulukhiyya soup watery and bland, and the tehina cementlike in consistency and taste.
Apricots on the Nile Colette Rossant 2004
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A tangle of yellow hair and a red piece of cloth protruded from a pile of cementlike snow.
127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004
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A tangle of yellow hair and a red piece of cloth protruded from a pile of cementlike snow.
127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004
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