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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 dry cementitious mixture is blown through a hose to the nozzle, with water injected only at the point of application.

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  • 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

[Originally a trademark.]

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From gun +‎ -ite, originally a trademark from 1909.

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