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• If he doesn't pay off the mafia, he’ll wear cement shoes to the bottom of the drink!From the entry drink
• He had to re-lay the tiles because the cement was too dry.From the entry re-lay
• Give the cement 24 hours to set up before walking on it.From the entry set up
• The Army decommissioned the Sherman tank by filling the turret with cement.From the entry decommission
• However, there is a test for the assessment of the pozzolanicity of pozzolanic cements.From the entry pozzolanicity
• We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.From the entry impress
• I will be using a rapid-setting cement filling.From the entry filling
• Cement and concrete both make excellent pavements.From the entry pavements
• Cement is a binding agent in reinforced concrete.From the entry binding agent
• The sun today could parch cement.From the entry parch
• Lime-cement mortar is also known as composition or "compo" mortar, guarded or gauged mortar. The mix contains, lime, cement and sand in proportions depending on the requirements of the work.From the entry compo
• Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is the world's most common form of cement.2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “Building a greener future”, in RAIL, number 999, page 36. From the entry portland cement
• Doors are made with reused teak wood, and windows are made of cement jaali with WFR 1.1%.2023, Vijayalaxmi J., Building Thermal Performance and Sustainability, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 181. From the entry jaali
• They held signs that read, “No to constructing a cement factory and refuse collection point!”2023 March 27, Theodora Yu, “Hong Kong sees first protest in three years — under strict controls”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Tseung Kwan O
• Seep carbonates throughout the geological record share similar petrofabrics, specifically botryoidal cements, yellow calcite, micrite, and micropeloids.2022 August 30, Andrzej Kaim, J. Kirk Cochran, Neil H. Landman, Ancient Hydrocarbon Seeps, Springer Nature, page 118. From the entry petrofabrics
• Now the dynasts who rule each country are cementing political ties.2011 July 30, “Embraceable you”, in The Economist. From the entry dynast
• Ten manufacturers located in the State of Examplestan are engaged in the manufacture of cement mix.2011, Christopher L. Sagers, “A Two-Part Strategy for Understanding Antitrust Economics” (chapter 2), in Antitrust (Examples &…. From the entry Examplestan
• Among them they have for some time managed to meet that State’s entire cement mix needs.2011, Christopher L. Sagers, “A Two-Part Strategy for Understanding Antitrust Economics” (chapter 2), in Antitrust (Examples &…. From the entry Examplestan
• Just to be sure to achieve extreme flammability, he slobbed on another layer of rubber cement.2010, Brady Udall, The Lonely Polygamist, →ISBN, page 510. From the entry slob
• Culpepper will cement his reputation as Hollywood’s king of the schlockbuster.2009 April 22, Michael Cieply, “He’s Behind the Guffaws and the Gore”, in The New York Times. From the entry stalker
• Everything they do, on-screen and off, cements their reputations as likable everymen, latter-day Jimmy Stewarts.2009 February 8, Tom Perrotta, “Kate Winslet”, in New York Times. From the entry everymen
• He climbed past eroding, sandy cement and pencil-thin rusted rebar that spoke of Soviet-era cost cutting.2009 November, Don Pendleton, chapter 15, in Lethal Compound (Don Pendleton’s The Executioner; #372), Don Mills, Ont.: Worldwide Library…. From the entry pencil-thin
• During cementing, the cementing centroscope is used to unify the inclination of the optical and mechanical axis.2008, Bernhard Braunecker, Rüdiger Hentschel, Hans J. Tiziani, Advanced Optics Using Aspherical Elements, →ISBN, page 362. From the entry centroscope
• Unlike hardrock concrete, which is very dense, soil cement creates a “softer” floor.2007, David Easton, Cynthia Wright, The Rammed Earth House, page 208. From the entry hardrock
• Soon, the incessant wind would dry the stenchy wallow to corduroyed cement.2003, Suzann Ledbetter, A Lady Never Trifles with Thieves. From the entry wallow
• The allergic cement eczema is caused by an allergisation against substances in the cement (figure 2).2003, Environmental Effects of Concrete: State-of-the-art Report, →ISBN, page 6. From the entry allergisation
• Normal Portland cement based concrete exhibits a low reflectibility and a high transmissivity to radio waves.2003, Ivan Odler, Special Inorganic Cements, page 361. From the entry reflectibility
• Parging (a thin coat of cement plaster) may or may not be present on foundation walls.2003, Carson Dunlop, Principles of Home Inspection: Exteriors, Chicago, Ill.: Dearborn Real Estate Education, →ISBN, page 107. From the entry parging
• My core memories of childhood contain nothing but concrete, brick, cement, steel.2003, Floyd Skloot, “Counteracting the Powers of Darkness”, in In the Shadow of Memory (American Lives), Lincoln, Neb.; London: University…. From the entry core memory
• I started general cartage work and hauling bagged cement to Pine Creek, south of Darwin.2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 21. From the entry bagged
• The name is inscribed on a small cement footpad in the path through the flowers.1996 August 11, Paul Gately, “The garden of Weeden”, in South Coast Today, United States, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2025. From the entry Garden of Weeden
• Allochems and preexisting cements may be unreplaced, partially replaced, replaced mimically, or replaced nonmimically.1987, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology - Volume 57, page 967. From the entry mimically
• Spatterdash is a wet, rich mix of cement and sand, called a slurry.1986, John van Winden, Wolfram Pforte, Fritz Hoherlein, Rural Building: Basic Knowledge, volume 2, page 178. From the entry spatterdash
• This sand and cement is mixed to a proportion of 1:1,5 or 1:3.1986, John van Winden, Wolfram Pforte, Fritz Hoherlein, Rural Building: Basic Knowledge, volume 2, page 178. From the entry spatterdash
• Two stage cementing is quite indispensable for deep hole cementings and brings good results.1971, Petroleum Geology of Taiwan, volumes 9-11, page 201. From the entry cementing
• In the first half of this year Lichuan County built five small factories, including a cement works.[1970 July 23 [1970 July 10], “Shensi Coal Output”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 142, Foreign Broadcast Information…. From the entry Liquan

Meaning of cement

1. noun A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
2. noun The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
3. noun Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.

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How do you use cement in a sentence?

Cement is used as a noun and verb. For example: “If he doesn't pay off the mafia, he’ll wear cement shoes to the bottom of the drink!”

What is a short sentence with cement?

“the cement of our love”

What does cement mean?

Cement means a powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.