Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A concrete mixture that is sprayed from a special gun over steel reinforcements in light construction.
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- noun A form of
shotcrete in which a drycementitious mixture is blown through ahose to thenozzle , withwater injected only at the point ofapplication .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mixture of cement and sand and water that is sprayed on a surface under pneumatic pressure
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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However, you should consider that gunite is not available.
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A stucco machine may be called a gunite machine or just a stucco pump.
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The industry terms gunite and shotcrete are used to refer to the process of pneumatically placed concrete material.
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The industry terms gunite and shotcrete are used to refer to the process of pneumatically placed concrete material.
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A 1,200-square-foot mahogany deck leads to a grassy expanse partially covered by a gunite pool and hot tub.
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Two-Up is a gut-wrenching book about the gory world of the gunite worker (once Williamson's own profession).
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The four-bedroom guest cottage, built along with the main house, has octagonal rooms and its own gunite pool.
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Grant for The Wall Street Journal The home has two decks, one that overlooks the dunes, ocean and gunite pool below.
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When I was a gunite construction worker I saw seven men die on the job in seven years.
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Shivani: You were a gunite worker, and wrote a book about it, your second novel, Two-Up.
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