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mooncrete

mooncrete noun: synonym of lunarcrete (“a hypothetical concrete-like material, made from lunar matter, that could be used to build a colony on the Moon”).

Noun

mooncrete (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of lunarcrete (“a hypothetical concrete-like material, made from lunar matter, that could be used to build a colony on the Moon”).
    • He gestured at the mooncrete. "Great stuff, huh? And another case of the Builders showing off. They not only make us a moon; they make us one that will remain forever new."1988, David F Nighbert, Timelapse, Headline, →ISBN, page 159
    • The driver slowed down to a crawl; the vehicle's inflated wheels bumped slightly as they moved onto a mooncrete ramp, then the bus began rolling downward toward a pair of double doors.2007, Allen Steele, Spindrift, London: Orbit, →ISBN, page 20
    Synonyms:
    lunarcrete

Examples of mooncrete in a sentence

  • "Mooncrete" – or lunar concrete – should be produced by processing lunar rocks in a factory.2017 March, Werner Grandl, “Human life in the Solar System”, in REACH, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10:
  • A researcher at the University of Miami is currently making "mooncrete," a material he hopes to perfect for building a habitable base on the moon.2019 July 25, Tate Jacaruso, “Thanks To A Miami Researcher We Might Actually Be Building A Habitable Base On The Moon Soon”, in Narcity...

Synonyms of mooncrete

Origin of mooncrete

Blend of moon + concrete, equivalent to moon + -crete.

Questions about mooncrete

What does mooncrete mean?
Mooncrete means synonym of lunarcrete (“a hypothetical concrete-like material, made from lunar matter, that could be used to build a colony on the Moon”).
How do you use mooncrete in a sentence?
"Mooncrete" – or lunar concrete – should be produced by processing lunar rocks in a factory.
What part of speech is mooncrete?
Mooncrete is a noun.

Words near mooncrete in the dictionary

  1. moonchild
  2. moonchildren
  3. moonclad
  4. mooncraft
  5. mooncrafts
  6. mooncrete
  7. mooncricket
  8. mooncrickets
  9. mooncup
  10. mooncups
  11. mooncusser

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