Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a chemical precipitate, especially of carbonates, having the characteristics of cement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to cement; having the property of cementing; of the nature of cement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Of the nature of cement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling or having some properties of
cement .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective like or relevant to or having the properties of cement
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The association specializes in premixes for engineered cementitious composite (ECC) (Bendable Concrete).
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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The association specializes in premixes for engineered cementitious composite (ECC) (Bendable Concrete).
September 09, 2009 Meeting Minutes admin 2009
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Li's self-healing concrete is based on a material he came up with in 1990 called engineered cementitious composite.
Self-Healing Concrete Anna Vander Broek 2009
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In 1962, entomologist Jean Ruelle — as if possessed by the unborn spirit of Rachel Whiteread — filled a mature Macrotermes michaelseni mound with cementitious slurry, waited until it hardened, and then eroded every bit of the sculpted soil with water and trowels.
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In 1962, entomologist Jean Ruelle — as if possessed by the unborn spirit of Rachel Whiteread — filled a mature Macrotermes michaelseni mound with cementitious slurry, waited until it hardened, and then eroded every bit of the sculpted soil with water and trowels.
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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Bitumen is a generic term for natural or manufactured black or dark-colored solid, semisolid, or viscous cementitious materials that are composed mainly of high-molecular weight hydrocarbons.
Asphalt 2008
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However, now that the disaster has occured, and the buildings are mostly destroyed, why not re-level the city – that is, demolish all structures, remove/burn the non-cementitious debris and then add fill dirt to add 20 ft elevation everywhere?
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I meant painted in the sense of a pigmented cementitious finish that is applied to the surface of the brick before firing.
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GERRI WILLIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Looking for an alternative to aluminum siding, consider using cementitious material.
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Surprisingly, nearly ten centimeters of cementitious material remained attached to the underside of the mosaic, making the piece quite heavy.
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