concrete

Meaning

Adj

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

Noun

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

Verb

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

Opposite of

intangible, abstract, specific, discrete

Synonyms

tangible

specific

real

cement

solid

material

definite

harden

actual

massive

congeal

accurate

substantial

ball up

clump

coagulate

precise

become hard

cake

🍰

in material form

massy

materialistic

matter

mineralize

monolithic

mortar

objective

palpable

particular

pave

paving

perceptible

petrify

physical

plaster

positive

present

set

solidify

special

stucco

stuff

surface

tile

tubeless

unite

unmovable

visible

combine with

beton

Translations

béton

Beton

concreto

calcestruzzo

concreto

concret

hormigón

concreto

konkret

betão

beton

σκυρόδεμα

concreet

concret

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒnkɹiːt/

Etymology

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

Sentences

The house was built using concrete .