Definition of CONCRETE

concrete

Plural: concretes

Noun

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

Verb

Verb Forms: concreted, concreting, concretes

  • To solidify; to form into a solid mass.
  • cover with cement
    • "concrete the walls"
  • form into a solid mass; coalesce
  • To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).
  • To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).
  • To unite or coalesce into a solid mass.

Adjective

  • capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary
    • "concrete objects such as trees"

Adjective Satellite

  • formed by the coalescence of particles

Adj

  • Real, actual, tangible.
  • Real, actual, tangible.
  • Analogous to the categories of algebraic objects which category theory was created to generalize, in the sense of having objects which can be thought of as sets equipped with some additional structure. Formally, equipped with a faithful functor to the category of sets.
  • Real, actual, tangible.
  • Equipped with a faithful functor to X (called a base category), in which case C is called a concrete category over X.
  • Being or applying to actual things, rather than abstract qualities or categories.
  • Particular, specific, rather than general.
  • Made of concrete (building material).
  • Made up of separate parts; composite.
  • Not liquid or fluid; solid.

Examples

  • concrete ideas
  • Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that Bigfoot exists.
  • He watched his Scrabble score CONCRETE into an insurmountable lead.
  • I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn.
  • Once arrested, I realized that handcuffs are concrete, even if my concept of what is legal wasn't.
  • The office building had concrete flower boxes out front.
  • The road was made of concrete that had been poured in large slabs.
  • While everyone else offered thoughts and prayers, she made a concrete proposal to help.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 12

concrete: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
concrete: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
concrete: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

concrete: valid Words With Friends Word