meaning of cement
1. Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
2. A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.
3. The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n. , 2.
4. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.
5. The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.
6. To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.
7. To unite firmly or closely.
8. To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.
9. To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.
10. a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
Related Words
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