Definition of concret
1. concrete [ n ] a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
Used in print:(Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)
It is hard to believe that this mass of intertwined concrete constitutes what the law calls `` the highest and best use '' of centrally located urban land .
(Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)
Stowey_Rummel was internationally famous , a crafter of a genuine Americana in foreign eyes , an original designer whose inventive childishness with steel and concrete was made even more believably sincere by his personality .
(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)
It slashed the sloping manure scented lawns with concrete steps which climbed upward to white wooden porches .
The Old_Man 's son threw himself down , belly first , upon a concrete step , taking_in the coolness of it , and dreaming of the day he would be rich .
The clapping they made on the concrete interrupted him in the ecstatic pleasure he knew , so that he quickly released his hold on the goat and pretended to be examining its haunches for ticks .
Synonyms concrete Related Terms building_material paving_material reinforced_concrete cement sand cement2. concrete [ a ] capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary
Examples:
"concrete objects such as trees"
(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)
When , therefore , it turned its attention to the concrete entities with which popular imagination had peopled the world of spirit , these entities soon lost whatever status they had enjoyed as actual elements of external reality .
(Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)
The first is the strictly scientific , which demands concrete proof and therefore may err on the conservative side by waiting for evidence in_the_flesh .
(Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)
The Istiqlal found that the spontaneous solidarity of the independence struggle was not easily transposed to the more concrete , precise problems of internal politics .
Synonyms concrete Related Terms abstract real objective factual real practical tangible concreteness3. concrete [ a ] formed by the coalescence of particles
Synonyms concrete Related Terms solid4. concrete [ v ] cover with cement
Examples:
"concrete the walls"
5. concrete [ v ] form into a solid mass; coalesce
Synonyms concrete Related Terms solidify compactionSimilar Spelling
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