cement
US: /səˈmɛnt/, /sɪˈmɛnt/
UK: /sɪmˈɛnt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
cement /si'ment/- danh từ
- xi-măng
- chất gắn (như xi-măng)
- bột hàn răng
- (giải phẫu) xương răng
- (kỹ thuật) bột than để luyện sắt
- (nghĩa bóng) mối liên kết, mối gắn bó
- ngoại động từ
- trát xi-măng; xây bằng xi-măng
- hàn (răng)
- (kỹ thuật) luyện (sắt) bằng bột than, cho thấm cacbon ủ
- (nghĩa bóng) thắt chắc, gắn bó
- to cement the friendship: thắt chặt tình hữu nghị
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
[U]
1 a grey powder made by burning clay and LIME that sets hard when it is mixed with water. Cement is used in building to stick bricks together and to make very hard surfaces: Use a mixture of one part cement to four parts sand.
2 the hard substance that is formed when cement becomes dry and hard: a floor of cement + a cement floor
See also -
3 a soft substance that becomes hard when dry and is used for sticking things together or filling in holes: dental cement (= for filling holes in teeth)
4 something that unites people in a common interest: values which are the cement of society
+ verb [VN]
1 [often passive] ~ A and B (together) to join two things together using cement, glue, etc.
2 to make a relationship, an agreement, etc. stronger: The President's visit was intended to cement the alliance between the two countries.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 mortar, bond, glue, gum, paste, solder; adhesive:
You'll need a special kind of cement to stick metal to glass.
v.
2 stick, glue, paste, solder, weld, braze, bond; join, bind, combine, unite; cohere, hold, cling, adhere:
First cement the tiles to the wall. The ashes and cinders cement readily into a compact mass.
Collocation
ADJ.
wet | dental
VERB + CEMENT
mix
CEMENT + VERB
harden, set
CEMENT + NOUN
mixer | factory, works
Concise dictionary
cements|cemented|cementingsɪ'mentnoun
+concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
+a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar
+something that hardens to act as adhesive material
+any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
+a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
verb
+make fast as if with cement
+cover or coat with cement
+bind or join with or as if with cement
