cement

Meanings

Plural: cements

Noun

concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
- "they stood on the grey cement beside the pool"
a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar
something that hardens to act as adhesive material
any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.

Verb

make fast as if with cement
- "We cemented our friendship"
cover or coat with cement
bind or join with or as if with cement
To affix with cement.
To overlay or coat with cement.
To unite firmly or closely.
To make permanent.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“I cut, hew”). Doublet of cementum.

Synonyms

cementum

Scrabble Score: 10

cement is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cement is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cement is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

cement is a valid Words With Friends word