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NOUN (5)

1. concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement;
- Example: "they stood on the grey cement beside the pool"

2. 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. something that hardens to act as adhesive material;

4. any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth;

5. a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth;
[syn: cementum, cement]


VERB (3)

1. make fast as if with cement;
- Example: "We cemented our friendship"

2. cover or coat with cement;

3. bind or join with or as if with cement; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cement \Ce*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cemented; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Cementing.] [Cf. F. cimenter. See Cement, n.]
   1. To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement. --Bp.
      Burnet.
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   2. To unite firmly or closely. --Shak.
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   3. To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar
      bottom.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cement \Ce*ment"\, v. i.
   To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere. --S. Sharp.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cement \Ce*ment"\ (s[e^]*m[e^]nt" or s[e^]m"[e^]nt), n. [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.]
   1. Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other,
      as mortar, glue, etc.
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   2. A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of
      clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under
      water.
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   3. The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.
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   4. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in
      friendship, or men in society. "The cement of our love."
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   5. (Anat.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a
      tooth; -- called also cementum.
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   Hydraulic cement. See under Hydraulic.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cement
    n 1: concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; "they
         stood on the grey cement beside the pool"
    2: 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: something that hardens to act as adhesive material
    4: any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in
       teeth
    5: a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
       [syn: cementum, cement]
    v 1: make fast as if with cement; "We cemented our friendship"
    2: cover or coat with cement
    3: bind or join with or as if with cement