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1. Concrete
   Concrete is a composition used in building, consisting of hydraulic or other mortar mixed with gravel or stone chippings about the size of a nut. It is used extensively in building, particularly under water, for example, to form the bottom of a canal or sluice, or the foundation of any structures ra...
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2. Concrete
   a composite material consisting of aggregate particles bound together in a solid body by a cement.
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3. concrete
   [adj] - formed by the coalescence of particles 2. [adj] - capable of being perceived by the senses 3. [n] - a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water 4. [v] - cover with cement 5. [v] - form into a solid mass
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4. Concrete
   Building material made from cement, sand, stone and water.DiscoveredRomans first use concrete around 200BC.
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5. concrete
   Building material composed of cement, stone, sand, and water. It has been used since Roman times. Since the late 19th century, it has been increasingly employed as an economical alternative to...
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6. concrete
   Concrete was especially useful when the Empire was threatened with attack because it made it easy to build strong fortifications at speed. Like so many of the innovations that the invaders brought with them, concrete was not strictly a Roman invention. The first mortared walls seem to have been built in Campania, the area in southern Italia settled…
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7. Concrete
   Structural material comprising a mixture of fine aggregate, coarse aggregate, cement and water.
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8. Concrete
   a composite material consisting of aggregate particles bound together in a solid body by a cement.
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9. concrete
   a composition of cement, sand, gravel (aggregate) etc. which after mixing with water has the property of hardening into a stone-like solid, used in construction Category: Management in the public and private sector
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10. Concrete
    A mixture of Portland cement, sand, gravel and water. Lime may be used in place of the cement, in which case the mixture is known as lime concrete. If rods of steel are embedded in the concrete it is reinforced concrete. It these are put under tension while the concrete is setting, it is pre-stresse...
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11. Concrete
    A mixture of cement aggregates and water. In each cubic metre of concrete there will be between 150 and 450kg of cement, approximately 800kg of fine aggregate, 1200kg of coarse aggregate and 180kg of water, with all weights varying depending on the strength and consistency required from the mix.
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12. Concrete
    Con'crete adjective [ Latin concretus , past participle of concrescere to grow together; con- + crescere to grow; confer French concret . See Crescent .] 1. United in growth; hence, formed by coalition...
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13. Concrete
    Con'crete noun 1. A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body. « To divide all concretes , minerals and others, into the same number of distinct substances. <...
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14. Concrete
    Con·crete' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Concreted ; p. pr & verbal noun Concreting .] To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body. » App...
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15. Concrete
    Con·crete' transitive verb 1. To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles. « There are in our inferior world divers bodies that are concreted out of others. Sir M. Hale. » 2. ...
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16. concrete
    Solid, tangible. ... Origin: L. Concretus ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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17. concrete
    adjective formed by the coalescence of particles
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18. concrete
    adjective capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; `concrete objects such as trees`
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19. concrete
    noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
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20. concrete
    verb form into a solid mass; coalesce
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21. concrete
    verb cover with cement; `concrete the walls`
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22. Concrete
    • (v. t.) To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement. • (a.) 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. • (n.) A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken sto...
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23. concrete
    (from the article `perfume`) ...Certain delicate oils may be obtained by solvent extraction, a process also employed to extract waxes and perfume oil, yielding—by removal of the ...
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24. concrete
    in construction, structural material consisting of a hard, chemically inert particulate substance, known as aggregate (usually sand and gravel), ... [26 related articles]
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25. concrete
    in philosophy, such entities as persons, physical objects, and events (or the terms or names that denote such things), as contrasted with such ... [2 related articles]
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