Thesaurus: cement

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1. n. Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
2. n. A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.
3. n. The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.
4. n. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.
5. n. The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.
6. n. To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.
7. n. To unite firmly or closely.
8. n. To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.
9. v. i. To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.
10. n. concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
11. n. 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
12. n. something that hardens to act as adhesive material