Cement
noun
A powder that is mixed with water and other substances to make concrete.
They used cement to build the foundation of the house.
Often appears as...
- cement mixer
- cement factory
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Technical
verb
To make something stick together using cement or another substance.
They cemented the tiles to the kitchen wall.
Often appears as...
- cement together
- cement in place
verb
To make a relationship or agreement stronger and more likely to last.
They cemented their friendship by traveling together.
Often appears as...
- cement relationship
- cement agreement
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Approving
noun
A type of dental material used to fill cavities or secure crowns.
The dentist filled the patient's cavity with cement.
Often appears as...
- dental cement
- cement filling
Usage tips
Medical
noun
A powder that is mixed with water and other substances to make concrete.
They used cement to build the foundation of the house.
Often appears as...
- cement mixer
- cement factory
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make something stick together using cement or another substance.
They cemented the tiles to the kitchen wall.
Often appears as...
- cement together
- cement in place
verb
To make a relationship or agreement stronger and more likely to last.
They cemented their friendship by traveling together.
Often appears as...
- cement relationship
- cement agreement
Usage tips
Approving
noun
A type of dental material used to fill cavities or secure crowns.
The dentist filled the patient's cavity with cement.
Often appears as...
- dental cement
- cement filling
Usage tips
Medical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Mixing Essentials
Cement must be mixed with water and aggregates like sand or gravel to form concrete.
Mix cement with water and sand to make a smooth concrete mixture.
Pro Tip 2/3Hardening Process
When cement dries, it becomes solid and creates a strong bond between building materials.
Be careful with the placement; cement hardens quickly.
Pro Tip 3/3Construction Use
Cement's primary use is in construction for foundations, buildings, and roads.
Load the cement bags for the construction site.
Pro Tip 1/3Mixing Essentials
Cement must be mixed with water and aggregates like sand or gravel to form concrete.
Mix cement with water and sand to make a smooth concrete mixture.
Pro Tip 2/3Hardening Process
When cement dries, it becomes solid and creates a strong bond between building materials.
Be careful with the placement; cement hardens quickly.
Pro Tip 3/3Construction Use
Cement's primary use is in construction for foundations, buildings, and roads.
Load the cement bags for the construction site.
Pro Tip 1/3Mixing Essentials
Cement must be mixed with water and aggregates like sand or gravel to form concrete.
Mix cement with water and sand to make a smooth concrete mixture.
Pro Tip 2/3Hardening Process
When cement dries, it becomes solid and creates a strong bond between building materials.
Be careful with the placement; cement hardens quickly.
Pro Tip 3/3Construction Use
Cement's primary use is in construction for foundations, buildings, and roads.
Load the cement bags for the construction site.
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
And they should make sure that when you walk into a museum -- if I was a museum curator, I would make a room for love, a room for generosity. All works of art are talking to us about things. And if we were able to arrange spaces where we could come across works where we would be told, use these works of art to cement these ideas in your mind,
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What happens to our...
Eternal reefs take that concept to the depths of the ocean using a mixture of ashes and cement to create marine habitats for sea life. Death is an inevitable part of the human condition, but how we treat bodies and burials continues to evolve. We may each have different spiritual, religious,
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What happens to people...
there aren't many aspects of life. Correctional officers push food trays through slots in the doors and take the men to solitary exercise cages that are referred to by prisoners and staff alike, without irony, as dog runs. Other than that, these men are locked in cement closets,
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How to build safer...
countryside to escape the drug war and in search of a better life you build a simple single-story house on a hillside in an informal neighborhood in meta-gene with your own strengths the help of your neighbors and the bricks and cement you can buy from the local shop a decade
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This Spider Wears Its...
this the spider I gotta tell you is the worst creature of the world using her disguise and the scent of her prey to mislead the other hats she makes her escape once at a safe distance she sucks the juices out of her victim and returns to her deck and cements her place within
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The material that could...
So for every ton of cement we produce, we release one ton of carbon dioxide. As tricky as this problem is, it means concrete could help us change the world a third by eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and stabilizing our climate.
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Great Barrier Reef PIPE...
shelter for thousands of other forms of life Carl's get the credit for most of the reef structure but much of the construction is done by fast-growing encrusting red algae they act like pink glue cementing fragments of shale sand
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What if we ended the...
The cement floor underneath me had a sticky film on it that made a ripping sound, like tape being pulled off a box, every time I moved my foot. The only connection to the outside world was a small window placed too high to see.
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Hacking your memory --...
that deep sleep seems to provide. But there's another mechanism that we've become aware of that helps cement those memories into the brain. And it's called replay. Several years ago, scientists were looking at how rats learned
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Alejandro Aravena: My...
need to be translated into form, and what that form is modeling and shaping is not cement, bricks, or wood. It is life itself. Design's power of synthesis
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
And they should make sure that when you walk into a museum -- if I was a museum curator, I would make a room for love, a room for generosity. All works of art are talking to us about things. And if we were able to arrange spaces where we could come across works where we would be told, use these works of art to cement these ideas in your mind,
Video examples
What happens to our...
Eternal reefs take that concept to the depths of the ocean using a mixture of ashes and cement to create marine habitats for sea life. Death is an inevitable part of the human condition, but how we treat bodies and burials continues to evolve. We may each have different spiritual, religious,
Video examples
What happens to people...
there aren't many aspects of life. Correctional officers push food trays through slots in the doors and take the men to solitary exercise cages that are referred to by prisoners and staff alike, without irony, as dog runs. Other than that, these men are locked in cement closets,
Video examples
How to build safer...
countryside to escape the drug war and in search of a better life you build a simple single-story house on a hillside in an informal neighborhood in meta-gene with your own strengths the help of your neighbors and the bricks and cement you can buy from the local shop a decade
Video examples
This Spider Wears Its...
this the spider I gotta tell you is the worst creature of the world using her disguise and the scent of her prey to mislead the other hats she makes her escape once at a safe distance she sucks the juices out of her victim and returns to her deck and cements her place within
Video examples
The material that could...
So for every ton of cement we produce, we release one ton of carbon dioxide. As tricky as this problem is, it means concrete could help us change the world a third by eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and stabilizing our climate.
Video examples
Great Barrier Reef PIPE...
shelter for thousands of other forms of life Carl's get the credit for most of the reef structure but much of the construction is done by fast-growing encrusting red algae they act like pink glue cementing fragments of shale sand
Video examples
What if we ended the...
The cement floor underneath me had a sticky film on it that made a ripping sound, like tape being pulled off a box, every time I moved my foot. The only connection to the outside world was a small window placed too high to see.
Video examples
Hacking your memory --...
that deep sleep seems to provide. But there's another mechanism that we've become aware of that helps cement those memories into the brain. And it's called replay. Several years ago, scientists were looking at how rats learned
Video examples
Alejandro Aravena: My...
need to be translated into form, and what that form is modeling and shaping is not cement, bricks, or wood. It is life itself. Design's power of synthesis
Example 1 of 10
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Cornelia Otis Skinner
American Actress
To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time.
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Olivia Wilde
American Actress
A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But you can have emotional baggage that is dragging you down like cement blocks tied to your feet.
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Omari Hardwick
American Actor
If your character is just out there acting a fool, viewers are gonna say, 'Why am I watching this?' But if he's whispering, 'I don't really want to die,' there's a level of vulnerability cemented in these bad characters.
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Gina Rinehart
Australian Businesswoman
I think when you grow up - cement floors, tin roofs, having to amuse yourselves... you know, the importance of work - I think these are benefits that I've had.
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Bear Grylls
British Explorer
The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.
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Zozibini Tunzi
South African Model
We should be teaching young girls to take up space. Nothing is as important as taking up space in society and cementing yourself.
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Jinder Mahal
Canadian Athlete
I want to cement my own legacy and, most importantly, motivate the youth of India and make all of India proud.
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Yasser Arafat
Leader
Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.
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Harry Stack Sullivan
American Psychologist
Your emotional life is not written in cement during childhood. You write each chapter as you go along.
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Tyne Daly
American Actress
Sweat makes good friendship cement.
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Cornelia Otis Skinner
American Actress
To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time.
Quote examples
Olivia Wilde
American Actress
A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But you can have emotional baggage that is dragging you down like cement blocks tied to your feet.
Quote examples
Omari Hardwick
American Actor
If your character is just out there acting a fool, viewers are gonna say, 'Why am I watching this?' But if he's whispering, 'I don't really want to die,' there's a level of vulnerability cemented in these bad characters.
Quote examples
Gina Rinehart
Australian Businesswoman
I think when you grow up - cement floors, tin roofs, having to amuse yourselves... you know, the importance of work - I think these are benefits that I've had.
Quote examples
Bear Grylls
British Explorer
The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.
Quote examples
Zozibini Tunzi
South African Model
We should be teaching young girls to take up space. Nothing is as important as taking up space in society and cementing yourself.
Quote examples
Jinder Mahal
Canadian Athlete
I want to cement my own legacy and, most importantly, motivate the youth of India and make all of India proud.
Quote examples
Yasser Arafat
Leader
Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.
Quote examples
Harry Stack Sullivan
American Psychologist
Your emotional life is not written in cement during childhood. You write each chapter as you go along.
Quote examples
Tyne Daly
American Actress
Sweat makes good friendship cement.
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