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UK
/sɪmˈɛnt/
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[ US /səˈmɛnt, sɪˈmɛnt/ ]
[ US /səˈmɛnt, sɪˈmɛnt/ ]
NOUN
- a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
- something that hardens to act as adhesive material
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concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
they stood on the grey cement beside the pool - any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
- a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar
VERB
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make fast as if with cement
We cemented our friendship - cover or coat with cement
- bind or join with or as if with cement
How To Use cement In A Sentence
- The abrupt facies shift, bioturbation and cemented nature of the surfaces suggests that they represent marine flooding surfaces, formed during a rapid rise in relative sea level and/or a reduction in sediment supply.
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- Other procedures available are otoplasty (ear correction), rhinoplasty, liposculpture, penile enhancement and face, neck and brow lifts to name but a few.
- So the cost of the strikes, politically, is denouncement from a Pakistani government that can’t tolerate a public acknowledgment of its complicity. Talking Reckless | ATTACKERMAN
- A couple of weeks after the monarch's announcement, heavy rain began to fall, thus ending the drought.
- This shocking series meets the law enforcement officers who are on the front line. The Sun
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- Trailing edge vibration has been dampened by reinforcement with thin glass fibre rod inserts or mylar overlays, so eliminating excessive noise.
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- Otherwise, the sketch is exactly accurate, and is here presented as the unprejudiced description and estimate of a foreign gentleman, who had no inducement, such as might be attributed to a Southern writer, to overcolor his portrait. A Life of Gen Robert E Lee
