Etymology : Middle English, from Latin concretus, from past participle of concrescere
Pronunciation : (")kän-krEt, kän-",
Function : adjective
Date : 14th century
1. stonelike building material (containing cement, gravel, water, etc.); something tangible (idea, object, etc.). solidify; set or cover in concrete. tangible, real, substantial. concrete\con"crete\, n.
2. a compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body. to divide all concretes, minerals and others, into the same number of distinct substances.
3. a mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures.
4. (logic) a term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term. the concretes "father" and "son" have, or might have, the abstracts "paternity" and "filiety". s. mill.
5. (sugar making) sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.concrete \con"crete\ (? or ?), a. [l. concretus, p. p. of concrescere to grow together; con- + crescere to grow; cf. f. concret. see:
crescent.].
6. united in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form. the first concrete state, or consistent surface, of the chaos must be of the same figure as the last liquid state. burnet.
7. (logic) (a) standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract. hence: (b) applied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to general. see:
abstract,.
8. concrete is opposed to abstract. the names of individuals are concrete, those of classes abstract. s. mill. concrete terms, while they express the quality, do also express, or imply, or refer to, some subject to which it belongs. watts.concrete number, a number associated with, or applied to, a particular object, as three men, five days, etc., as distinguished from an abstract number, or one used without reference to a particular object.concrete quantity, a physical object or a collection of such objects.concrete science, a physical science, one having as its subject of knowledge concrete things instead of abstract laws.concrete sound or movement of the voice, one which slides continuously up or down, as distinguished from a discrete movement, in which the voice leaps at once from one line of pitch to another.concrete \con*crete"\ , v. i. [imp. & p. p. concreted; p. pr & vb. n. concreting.] to unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body.note: applied to some substances, it is equivalent to indurate; as, metallic matter concretes into a hard body; applied to others, it is equivalent to congeal, thicken, inspissate, coagulate, as in the concretion of blood. "the blood of some who died of the plague could not be made to concrete."concrete \con*crete"\, v. t.
9. to form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles. there are in our inferior world divers bodies that are concreted out of others. m. hale.
10. to cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement.concrete adj.
11. capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; "concrete objects such as trees" [ant: abstract].
12. formed by the coalescence of particles a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water v 1: cover with concrete 2: form into a solid mass; coalesce.
13. United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.
14. Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; opposed to abstract.
15. Applied to a specific object; special; particular; opposed to general.
16. See Abstract, 3.
17. A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body.
18. A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures.
19. A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
20. Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
21. To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body.
22. To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles.
23. To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement. a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water form into a solid mass; coalesce cover with cement; "concrete the walls" capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; "concrete objects such as trees" formed by the coalescence of particles.
24. 1. Concrete is a substance used for building which is made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, and water. The posts have to be set in concrete They had lain on sleeping bags on the concrete floor.
25. When you concrete something such as a path, you cover it with concrete. He merely cleared and concreted the floors.
26. You use concrete to indicate that something is definite and specific. He had no concrete evidence I must have something to tell him. Something concrete. + concretely con·crete·ly by way of making their point more concretely.
27. A concrete object is a real, physical object. using concrete objects to teach addition and subtraction.
28. A concrete noun is a noun that refers to a physical object rather than to a quality or idea. ¡Ù abstract.
29. If a plan or idea is set in concrete or embedded in concrete, it is fixed and cannot be changed. As Mr Blunkett emphasised, nothing is yet set in concrete. Artificial stone made of a mixture of cement, aggregate (hard material), and water. In addition to its potential for immense compressive strength and its ability, when poured, to adapt to virtually any form, concrete is fire-resistant and has become one of the most common building materials in the world. The binder usually used today is portland cement. The aggregate is usually sand and gravel. Additives called admixtures may be used to accelerate the curing (hardening) process in low temperature conditions. Other admixtures trap air in the concrete or slow shrinkage and increase strength. See also precast concrete, prestressed concrete, reinforced concrete. precast concrete prestressed concrete reinforced concrete.
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