cement

«cement» in Mova's school dictionary: A grey powder mixed with water, sand and stones to make… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (cement, uncountable); verb (cement, cements, cemented, cementing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A grey powder mixed with water, sand and stones to make concrete or mortar; it becomes hard when dry. tree →

2) A strong glue. tree →

3) To stick things together with cement. tree →

4) To make something stronger or more certain (cement a friendship). tree →

sense in the lessons

In science: cement hardens by a chemical change, not just drying. In building and everyday life: paths, walls, bricks. In stories: «the win cemented her place in the team». Phrase: cement mixer.

examples

• The builders mixed cement for the new wall. tree →
• The cement mixer turned slowly. tree →
• Don't step on the wet cement! tree →
• They cemented the bricks together. tree →
• The trip cemented their friendship. tree →
• Cement is made by heating limestone and clay. tree →

note

Not the same as concrete: cement is one ingredient of concrete. Stress: se-MENT. Uncountable: some cement, a bag of cement.

In the corpora

• Sedimentary rocks form when layers of sand, mud, shells or other bits are buried, pressed and cemented together.
• Sandstone is made of sand grains cemented together, often from old beaches, rivers or deserts.
• Conglomerate is a rock made of rounded pebbles, rolled smooth by rivers or waves, cemented together.
• Concrete sets because of a chemical reaction with water, not because it dries; wet cement can burn skin.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cement» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.