concrete

Significado

Adj

1. Real, actual, tangible.
2. Real, actual, tangible.
3. Real, actual, tangible.
4. Being or applying to actual things, rather than abstract qualities or categories.
5. Particular, specific, rather than general.
6. Made of concrete (building material).
7. (obsolete) Made up of separate parts; composite.
8. (obsolete) Not liquid or fluid; solid.

Noun

1. A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.
2. A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
3. A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.
4. An extract of herbal materials that has a semi-solid consistency, especially when such materials are partly aromatic.
5. (obsolete) Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
6. (obsolete) Any solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particle; a compound substance, a concretion.

Verb

1. To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).
2. To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).
3. To unite or coalesce into a solid mass.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɒnkɹiːt/

Etimología

Borrowed from Latin concrētus, past participle of concrescō (to curdle) from con- (with, together) + crescō (to grow, rise).

Oraciones

The house was built using concrete .

La casa fue construida con concreto.