Definition of Cement

  • (n.) Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
  • (n.) A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.
  • (n.) The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.
  • (n.) Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.
  • (n.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.
  • (n.) To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.
  • (n.) To unite firmly or closely.
  • (n.) To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.
  • (v. i.) To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.

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