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portland cement

portland cement is the alternative letter-case form of Portland cement.

Noun capitalized: Portland cement

Portland cement (countable and uncountable, plural Portland cements)

  1. A finely-ground powder made by heating and pulverizing limestone and clay.
    • Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is the world's most common form of cement. The blue plaque dedicated to inventor Joseph Aspdin describes OPC as "one of mankind's most important manufactured materials".2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “Building a greener future”, in RAIL, number 999, page 36

Forms of portland cement

pluralportland cements
pluralPortland cements
alternative formportland cement

Origin of portland cement

From its resemblance to limestone from Portland in Dorset.

Words formed from portland cement

  • OPC
  • ordinary Portland cement
  • PC
  • white Portland cement
  • WOPC

Questions about portland cement

What does portland cement mean?
Portland cement means a finely-ground powder made by heating and pulverizing limestone and clay.
What is portland cement the alternative letter-case form of?
Portland cement is the alternative letter-case form of Portland cement.
What part of speech is portland cement?
Portland cement is a noun.
What is the plural of portland cement?
The plural of portland cement is portland cements.

Words near portland cement in the dictionary

  1. portièred
  2. portières
  3. Portknockie
  4. portland
  5. Portland Bill
  6. portland cement
  7. portland cements
  8. Portland North
  9. Portland ribbon wave
  10. Portland ribbon waves
  11. Portland rose

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