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# concrete

«concrete» in Mova's school dictionary: **A hard building material made by mixing cement, sand…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (concrete — uncountable); adjective (concrete — a concrete wall; also: real, specific)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A hard building material made by mixing cement, sand, small stones and water; it is soft when wet and sets very hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concrete/#m1)

2) As an adjective, made of concrete. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concrete/#m2)

3) Real and definite, something you can see or touch, not just an idea: "concrete evidence", "concrete objects". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concrete/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In building and science, concrete is used for footpaths, bridges and buildings; it sets as a chemical reaction, not just by drying. In maths, "concrete" materials are real objects such as blocks and counters used to help count. In grammar, a concrete noun names something you can see or touch, like "table"; an abstract noun names an idea, like "kindness". Phrases: wet concrete, concrete path, concrete mixer, concrete evidence, concrete noun.

### examples

- The workers poured wet concrete for the new path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concrete/#x1)
- Don't write in wet concrete. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concrete/#x2)
- The bridge is made of concrete and steel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concrete/#x3)
- "Dog" is a concrete noun, but "joy" is abstract. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concrete/#x4)
- Use concrete objects like cubes to show the sum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concrete/#x5)
- We need concrete proof, not guesses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concrete/#x6)
- I scraped my knee on the concrete. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concrete/#x7)

### note

As a material it is uncountable: "some concrete", not "a concrete". Confusion: "cement" is only one ingredient of concrete. Safety: wet cement and concrete can burn the skin, and building sites are not for playing. Concrete noun = can be sensed (seen, touched, heard); abstract noun = an idea or feeling.

### In the corpora

- [Modern elephant houses have deep sand and heated floors, because years on hard concrete hurt elephants' feet and joints.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/7/)
- [Soft ground like wood chips, sand or rubber under a climbing frame makes falls less dangerous than concrete.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/4-climbing/15/)
- [Romans were great engineers, building aqueducts for water, arches, domes and concrete.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads/4/)
- [Old roofs often have skylights and thin panels that break when stepped on, and a fall onto concrete can kill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no/8/)
- [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 «concrete» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concrete/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.