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Definitions for Cement

[1] any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
[2] any of various soft, sticky substances that dry hard or stonelike, used especially for mending broken objects or for making things adhere.
[3] Petrography . the compact groundmass surrounding and binding together the fragments of clastic rocks.
[4] anything that binds or unites: Time is the cement of friendship.
[5] Dentistry . a hardening, adhesive, plastic substance, used in the repair of teeth for anchoring fillings or inlays, for filling, or for fastening crowns. Informal . cementum.
[6] to unite by or as if by cement: to cement stones to form a wall; to cement a relationship.
[7] to coat or cover with cement: to cement a floor.
[8] to become cemented; join together or unite; cohere.
[9] a fine grey powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay, used with water and sand to make mortar, or with water, sand, and aggregate, to make concrete
[10] a binder, glue, or adhesive
[11] something that unites or joins; bond
[12] dentistry any of various materials used in filling teeth
[13] mineral matter, such as silica and calcite, that binds together particles of rock, bones, etc, to form a solid mass of sedimentary rock
[14] another word for cementum
[15] to reinforce or consolidate once a friendship is cemented it will last for life
[16] to join, bind, or glue together with or as if with cement
[17] to coat or cover with cement

Words related to Cement

adhesive, plaster, mud, sand, seal, size, gum, concrete, binder, bond, solder, glue, paste, mucilage, gunk, tar, birdlime, sealant, mortar, lime

Words nearby Cement

celto-germanic, celtuce, celure, cema, cembalo, cement, cement line, cement mixer, cement steel, cementation, cementicle

Origin of Cement

1250–1300; < Latin cēmentum, variant of caementum (singular of caementa unprocessed cuttings from the quarry, i.e., rough stone and chips) < *caed-mentom, equivalent to caed(ere ) to cut + -mentum -ment; replacing Middle English cyment < Old French ciment < Latin, as above

Words that may be confused with Cement

cement, concrete, mortar2

Other words from Cement

ce·ment·a·ble , adjective
ce·ment·er , noun
ce·ment·less , adjective
re·ce·ment , verb
well-ce·ment·ed , adjective

Word origin for Cement

C13: from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum stone from the quarry, from caedere to hew

Synonyms for Cement

adhesive, mud, plaster, sand, binder, birdlime, bond, concrete, epoxy, glue, grout, gum, gunk, lime, lute, mortar, mucilage, paste, putty, sealant, size, solder, tar, rubber cement, stickum