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Antonyms for cement

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : si-ment
Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈmɛnt


Definition of cement

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French ciment "cement, mortar, pitch," from Latin cæmenta "stone chips used for making mortar" (singular caementum), from caedere "to cut down, chop, beat, hew, fell, slay" (see -cide). The sense evolution from "small broken stones" to "powdered stones used in construction" took place before the word reached English.
  • noun gluing, binding material
  • verb attach securely, often with sticky material
Example sentences :
  • As the boy ran off, K.'s eye fell on what he had written on the cement.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Then there was a clattering on the cement floor as of a million arrows.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • The streets of the towns were narrow, but were often paved with a sort of cement.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • Broken china may be repaired with cement, made of equal parts of glue, the white of an egg, and white-lead mixed together.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • The plaster or cement coating is intact, and the inscription is plain.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
  • The joints in the pipe should be filled with cement mortar, or should be of a design that will be tight.
  • Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg
  • This helps to neutralize the acid and keep it from injuring the wood or cement.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • The floor, as he could tell by its feel under his feet, was of cement.
  • Extract from : « The Ivory Snuff Box » by Arnold Fredericks
  • Evidently it was a floor of stone, or cement, not one of wood.
  • Extract from : « The Ivory Snuff Box » by Arnold Fredericks
  • They perceive the materials of the feudal institutions, but they miss the cement.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Law » by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine

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