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laitances

laitances is the plural of laitance.

Meaning of laitance

Noun

laitance (plural laitances)

  1. A weak, milky layer of cement and aggregate fines on a concrete surface that is usually caused by an overwet mixture, overworking the mixture, improper or excessive finishing or combination thereof. Also, could be caused when a slurry mix is used on a deep foundation, where the slurry mix is not completely removed before placing concrete on top.
  2. The weak top layer of cement and aggregate fines on a concrete surface that stands between a topical coating and the underlying substrate. This laitance layer prevents a bond forming between the topical coating and substrate, whereby it causes delamination of the topical coating as the laitance layer fails first.

Questions about laitances

What is laitances the plural of?
Laitances is the plural of laitance.

Words near laitances in the dictionary

  1. Laisterdyke
  2. Laists
  3. lait
  4. laitakarite
  5. laitance
  6. laitances
  7. laitand
  8. laited
  9. laith
  10. Laithangbam
  11. laithe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laitances (page history and authors); laitance (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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