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Definitions for Concrete

[1] constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
[2] pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular (opposed to general): concrete ideas.
[3] representing or applied to an actual substance or thing, as opposed to an abstract quality: The words “cat,” “water,” and “teacher” are concrete, whereas the words “truth,” “excellence,” and “adulthood” are abstract.
[4] made of concrete: a concrete pavement.
[5] formed by coalescence of separate particles into a mass; united in a coagulated, condensed, or solid mass or state.
[6] an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden. Compare reinforced concrete.
[7] any of various other artificial building or paving materials, as those containing tar.
[8] a concrete idea or term; a word or notion having an actual or existent thing or instance as its referent.
[9] a mass formed by coalescence or concretion of particles of matter.
[10] to treat or lay with concrete: to concrete a sidewalk.
[11] to form into a mass by coalescence of particles; render solid.
[12] to make real, tangible, or particular.
[13] to coalesce into a mass; become solid; harden.
[14] to use or apply concrete.
[15] set /cast in concrete , to put (something) in final form; finalize so as to prevent change or reversal: The basic agreement sets in concrete certain policies.
[16] a construction material made of a mixture of cement, sand, stone, and water that hardens to a stonelike mass (as modifier ) a concrete slab
[17] physics a rigid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particles
[18] relating to a particular instance or object; specific as opposed to general a concrete example
[19] relating to or characteristic of things capable of being perceived by the senses, as opposed to abstractions (as noun ) the concrete
[20] formed by the coalescence of particles; condensed; solid
[21] (tr) to construct in or cover with concrete
[22] (kənˈkriːt ) to become or cause to become solid; coalesce

Words related to Concrete

detailed, real, solid, material, specific, particular, objective, firm, compact, indurate, set, petrified, dried, caked, solidified, consolidated, poured, calcified, congealed, cemented

Words nearby Concrete

concorporate, concours, concours d'élégance, concourse, concrescence, concrete, concrete mixer, concrete music, concrete noun, concrete number, concrete poet

Origin of Concrete

1375–1425; late Middle English concret < Latin concrētus (past participle of concrēscere to grow together), equivalent to con- con- + crē- (stem of crēscere to grow, increase; see -esce) + -tus past participle ending

Words that may be confused with Concrete

cement, concrete, mortar2

Other words from Concrete

con·crete·ly , adverb
con·crete·ness , noun
con·cre·tive , adjective
con·cre·tive·ly , adverb
un·con·crete , adjective
un·con·crete·ly , adverb
un·con·cret·ed , adjective

Word origin for Concrete

C14: from Latin concrētus grown together, hardened, from concrēscere; see concrescence

Synonyms for Concrete

detailed, material, objective, particular, real, solid, specific, accurate, corporeal, definite, explicit, precise, sensible, substantial, tangible