concrete
US /kɑnˈkrit, kɑŋ-, ˈkɑnˌkrit, ˈkɑŋ-/
・UK /'kɒŋkri:t/
B1
other
- A building material made from a mixture of broken stone or gravel, sand, cement, and water, which hardens to a stonelike mass.
noun
- Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
- A real thing or particular thing
verb
- To cover or make with a hard grey building material
other
- To lay or cover with concrete.
- To make firm or solid; to establish firmly.
- To lay or cover with concrete.
- To lay or cover with concrete.
adjective
- Definite and clearly formulated.
- Concerning something that is physical or real
- Specific; definite; real; not abstract.
other
- To become hard and solid like concrete.
Examples
a floor made of bare concrete
Before the concrete sets the surface can be given a final smoothing over.