First Known Use: 14th century
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1concrete
adjective con·crete \(ˌ)kän-ˈkrēt, ˈkän-ˌ, kən-ˈ\
: made of concrete
: relating to or involving specific people, things, or actions rather than general ideas or qualities
Full Definition of CONCRETE
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: naming a real thing or class of things <the word poem is concrete, poetry is abstract>
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: formed by coalition of particles into one solid mass
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a : characterized by or belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events b : specific, particular <a concrete proposal> c : real, tangible <concrete evidence>
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: relating to or made of concrete <a concrete wall>
— con·crete·ly adverb
— con·crete·ness noun
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Origin of CONCRETE
Middle English, from Latin concretus, from past participle of concrescere
Related to CONCRETE
- Antonyms
- conjectural, hypothetical, ideal, inexistent, nonexistent, platonic, possible, potential, suppositional, theoretical (also theoretic)
Rhymes with CONCRETE
accrete, aesthete, afreet, athlete, backbeat, backseat, backstreet, bedsheet, bench seat, big beat, bolete, box pleat, box seat, break beat, broadsheet, browbeat, buckwheat, bystreet, call sheet, car seat, cheat sheet, clipsheet, cloud street, cold feet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, crabmeat, crib sheet, deadbeat, dead heat, dead meat, deceit, defeat, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, disseat, downbeat, drop seat, drumbeat, dutch treat, effete, elite, en suite, entreat, escheat, excrete, facete, Fleet Street, fly sheet, forcemeat, foresheet, four-peat, gamete, groundsheet, hard wheat, heartbeat, heat-treat, helpmeet, hoofbeat, hot seat, house seat, ice sheet, ill-treat, jump seat, kick pleat, love seat, mainsheet, Main Street, maltreat, mesquite, mincemeat, mistreat, offbeat, Ossete, petite, pink sheet, preheat, rap sheet, receipt, recheat, red heat, red meat, red wheat, regreet, repeat, replete, retreat, scratch sheet, secrete, side street, slip-sheet, soft wheat, spreadsheet, stand treat, swap meet, sweetmeat, tear sheet, terete, three-peat, through street, time sheet, unmeet, unseat, upbeat, vegete, volkslied, white heat
2concrete
verb con·crete \ˈkän-ˌkrēt, kän-ˈ\
: to cover or form (something) with concrete
con·cret·edcon·cret·ing
Full Definition of CONCRETE
transitive verb
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: to make actual or real : cause to take on the qualities of reality
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: to cover with, form of, or set in concrete
intransitive verb
: to become concreted
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First Known Use of CONCRETE
1590
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noun con·crete \ˈkän-ˌkrēt, (ˌ)kän-ˈ\
: a hard, strong material that is used for building and made by mixing cement, sand, and broken rocks with water
Full Definition of CONCRETE
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: a mass formed by concretion or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body
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: a hard strong building material made by mixing a cementing material (as portland cement) and a mineral aggregate (as sand and gravel) with sufficient water to cause the cement to set and bind the entire mass
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: a waxy essence of flowers prepared by extraction and evaporation and used in perfumery
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First Known Use of CONCRETE
1656
CONCRETE[1] Defined for Kids
1concrete
adjective con·crete \kän-ˈkrēt\
Definition of CONCRETE for Kids
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: made of or relating to concrete
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: being specific and useful <a concrete example>
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: being real and useful <concrete evidence>
2concrete
noun con·crete \ˈkän-ˌkrēt\
Definition of CONCRETE for Kids
: a hardened mixture of cement, sand, and water with gravel or broken stone used in construction
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