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noun
- A building material created by mixing Portland cement, water, and aggregate including gravel and sand.
- The road was made of that had been poured in large slabs.
Translations: - Dutch: beton(nl)n
- French: béton(fr)m
- German: Beton(de)m
- Italian: calcestruzzo , (colloquial) cemento
- Spanish: concreto(es, hormigón, m}}, {{t-, es)m
verb (concret, ing)
- To cover with or encase in concrete; often constructed as concrete over.
- I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn.
- To solidify.
- Josie's plans began concreting once she fixed a date for the wedding.
Translations: - French: concréter (old)
- German: konkretisieren(de)
- Italian: it(it, solidificare}}, concretizzare(it, solidificarsi}}, {{t-, it), {{t-)concretizzarsi
- Spanish: concretizar(es)
adjective
- particular, Particular, perceivable, real.
- Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not evidence that bigfoot exists.
- Not abstract.
- Once arrested, I realized that handcuffs are , even if my concept of what is legal wasn't.
- Made of concrete building material.
- The office building had flower boxes out front.
Translations: - Dutch: betonnen(nl)
- French: de béton
- German: aus Beton, Beton-
- Italian: in or di calcestruzzo, in or di cemento
- Spanish: de concreto
Etymology: From concretus, past participle of concrescere (com- + crescere).
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