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concrete
[ kon-kreet, kong-, kon-kreet, kong- kon-kreet, kong- ]
noun
- an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden. Compare reinforced concrete.
- any of various artificial building or paving materials, as those containing tar.
- an idea, observation, term, or word having an actual or existent thing or instance as its referent, as opposed to its being abstract:
Psychology is all about feelings and behavior, but I’m more interested in the concrete—and that’s why I became a surgeon.
- a mass formed by coalescence or concretion of particles of matter.
adjective
- constituting an actual thing or instance; real:
concrete proof of his sincerity.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- relating to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular ( general ):
concrete ideas.
Antonyms:
- representing or applied to an actual substance or thing, as opposed to an abstract quality:
The words “cat,” “water,” and “teacher” are concrete, whereas the words “truth,” “excellence,” and “adulthood” are abstract.
- made of concrete:
a concrete pavement;
concrete lawn ornaments.
- formed by coalescence of separate particles into a mass; united in a coagulated, condensed, or solid mass or state.
verb (used with object)
- to treat or lay with concrete:
to concrete a sidewalk.
- to form into a mass by coalescence of particles; render solid:
Of these two semiliquid solutions, which one do you think can be more easily concreted?
- to make real, tangible, or particular.
verb (used without object)
- to coalesce into a mass; become solid; harden:
Has it started to concrete?
- to use or apply concrete:
We can’t begin concreting until all the forms have been installed.
concrete
/ ˈɒː /
noun
- a construction material made of a mixture of cement, sand, stone, and water that hardens to a stonelike mass
- ( as modifier )
a concrete slab
- physics a rigid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particles
adjective
- relating to a particular instance or object; specific as opposed to general
a concrete example
- relating to or characteristic of things capable of being perceived by the senses, as opposed to abstractions
- ( as noun )
the concrete
- formed by the coalescence of particles; condensed; solid
verb
- tr to construct in or cover with concrete
- əˈː to become or cause to become solid; coalesce
Derived Forms
- Dzˈپ, adjective
- ˈDzԳٱԱ, noun
- ˈDzԳٱ, adverb
- Dzˈپly, adverb
Other Word Forms
- Dz·ٱ· adverb
- Dz·ٱ·Ա noun
- Dz··پ adjective
- Dz··پ·ly adverb
- ܲ·Dz·ٱ adjective
- un·Dz·ٱ· adverb
- ܲ·Dz·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of concrete1
Idioms and Phrases
- set / cast in concrete. stone ( def 33 ).
Example Sentences
Travel round Chinese provinces and you see they are littered with empty projects – lines of towering concrete shells that have been labelled "ghost cities".
But authorities still haven't provided any concrete evidence of Russian interference in the election, frustrating many Romanians.
Its main military base, featuring concrete blast walls, watch and communication towers and space for armoured personnel carriers to move inside, is much more developed than the smaller outposts around Sergele.
The grid operator said on Tuesday they "cannot draw conclusions" until they get concrete data.
The passage’s concrete arch faded in the distance to pitch black.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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