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# cement

«cement» in Mova's school dictionary: **A grey powder mixed with water, sand and stones to make…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (cement, uncountable); verb (cement, cements, cemented, cementing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A grey powder mixed with water, sand and stones to make concrete or mortar; it becomes hard when dry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cement/#m1)

2) A strong glue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cement/#m2)

3) To stick things together with cement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cement/#m3)

4) To make something stronger or more certain (cement a friendship). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cement/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science: cement hardens by a chemical change, not just drying. In building and everyday life: paths, walls, bricks. In stories: «the win cemented her place in the team». Phrase: cement mixer.

### examples

- The builders mixed cement for the new wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cement/#x1)
- The cement mixer turned slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cement/#x2)
- Don't step on the wet cement! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cement/#x3)
- They cemented the bricks together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cement/#x4)
- The trip cemented their friendship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cement/#x5)
- Cement is made by heating limestone and clay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cement/#x6)

### note

Not the same as concrete: cement is one ingredient of concrete. Stress: se-MENT. Uncountable: some cement, a bag of cement.

### In the corpora

- [Sedimentary rocks form when layers of sand, mud, shells or other bits are buried, pressed and cemented together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks/5/)
- [Sandstone is made of sand grains cemented together, often from old beaches, rivers or deserts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks/7/)
- [Conglomerate is a rock made of rounded pebbles, rolled smooth by rivers or waves, cemented together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks/10/)
- [Concrete sets because of a chemical reaction with water, not because it dries; wet cement can burn skin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cement» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cement/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.