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concreted

concreted is the simple past and past participle of concrete.

Adjective

concreted (comparative more concreted, superlative most concreted)

  1. Covered in or surrounded by concrete.
    • In 2009, Ruby moved to a much bigger studio complex in Vernon, further south, across the concreted LA River. Last year, Ruby expanded into even bigger premises in the area — 110,000 sq feet of studio space on a four-acre plot.2016 August 26, Jonathan Griffin, “Interview: on the road with the US artist Sterling Ruby”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Feb...
    • For Gio Fitzpatrick, the project represents the culmination of an old dream. As a 15-year-old exploring St Kilda's Elster Creek – once central to a coastal marsh ecosystem but since reduced to a concreted canal – he stumbled upon a flock of eastern rosellas, a species of birds thought long vanished...2020 September 10, Jeff Sparrow, “Undraining the swamp: how rewilders have reclaimed golf courses and waterways”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN...
  2. (obsolete) Solidified.
    • Hereof the common opinion hath been, and ſtill remaineth amongſt us, that Cryſtall is nothing elſe, but Ice or Snow concreted, and by duration of time, congealed beyond liquation.1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 49

Meaning of concrete

Verb

concrete (third-person singular simple present concretes, present participle concreting, simple past and past participle concreted)

  1. (transitive, usually) To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).
    • I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn.
  2. (transitive, usually) To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).
    • […] the necessity of recognizing this relation outwardly and of perfecting herself in the forms required to express the recognition, had moved her to such diligence and faithfulness in practicing these forms that this exercise soon concreted itself into habit; it became automatic and unconscious...1897, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “[Pudd’nhead Wilson] Chapter”, in The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson: And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins, Hartford, Conn.: American...
  3. (archaic, intransitive) To unite or coalesce into a solid mass.
    • When any ſaline Liquor is evaporated to a Cuticle and let cool, the Salt concretes in regular Figures; which argues, that the Particles of the Salt before they concreted, floated in the Liquor at equal diſtances in rank and file, and by conſequence that they acted upon one another by ſome Power...a. 1728 (date written), Isaac Newton, “[The Third Book of Opticks.] ”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. […], 4th edition, London: […]...

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Forms of concreted

comparativemore concreted
superlativemost concreted

Words formed from concreted

Questions about concreted

What does concreted mean?
Concreted means covered in or surrounded by concrete.
What is concreted the simple past and past participle of?
Concreted is the simple past and past participle of concrete.
What part of speech is concreted?
Concreted is an adjective.

Words near concreted in the dictionary

  1. concrete terms
  2. concrete verb
  3. concrete verbs
  4. concrete-head
  5. concrete-heads
  6. concreted
  7. concreteless
  8. concretely
  9. concreteness
  10. concretenesses
  11. concreter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: concreted (page history and authors); concrete (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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