concreteness

Variant of concrete

adjective

  1. formed into a solid mass; coalesced
  2. having a material, perceptible existence; of, belonging to, or characterized by things or events that can be perceived by the senses; real; actual
  3. referring to a particular; specific, not general or abstract
  4. made of concrete
  5. Gram. designating a thing or class of things that can be perceived by the senses: a concrete noun

Origin: ME concret < L concretus, pp. of concrescere: see concrescence

noun

  1. a concrete thing, condition, idea, etc.
  2. 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, concreting

  1. to form into a mass; solidify
  2. to make of, or cover with, concrete

intransitive verb

to solidify

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