cement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
    • they stood on the grey cement beside the pool
  2. noun 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
  3. noun something that hardens to act as adhesive material
  4. noun any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
  5. noun a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
    cementum.
  6. verb make fast as if with cement
    • We cemented our friendship
  7. verb cover or coat with cement
  8. verb bind or join with or as if with cement

WordNet

Ce*ment" noun
Etymology
OF. cement, ciment, F. ciment, fr. L. caementum a rough, unhewn stone, pieces or chips of marble, from which mortar was made, contr. fr. caedimentum, fr. caedere to cut, prob. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.
Definitions
  1. Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
  2. A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.
  3. The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n.., 2.
  4. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society. "The cement of our love."
  5. (Anat.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.
Ce*ment" transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. cimenter. See Cement, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cemented; present participle & verbal noun Cementing
Definitions
  1. To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement. Bp. Burnet.
  2. To unite firmly or closely. Shak.
  3. To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.
Ce*ment" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere. S. Sharp.

Webster 1913