concreted
Variant of concrete
con·crete (kän′krēt′; also, and for vt.1 & vi.usually, kän krēt′)
adjective
- formed into a solid mass; coalesced
- having a material, perceptible existence; of, belonging to, or characterized by things or events that can be perceived by the senses; real; actual
- referring to a particular; specific, not general or abstract
- made of concrete
- Gram. designating a thing or class of things that can be perceived by the senses a concrete noun
Etymology: ME concret < L concretus, pp. of concrescere: see concrescence
noun
- a concrete thing, condition, idea, etc.
- a hard, compact building material formed when a mixture of cement, sand, gravel, and water dries: used in making bridges, road surfaces, etc.
transitive verb concreted -·cret′ed, concreting -·cret′·ing
- to form into a mass; solidify
- to make of, or cover with, concrete
intransitive verb
Related Forms:
- concretely con·crete′ly adverb
- concreteness con·crete′·ness noun
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