concrete
US: /ˈkɑnkɹit/, /kənˈkɹit/
UK: /kˈɒŋkɹiːt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
concrete /'kɔnkri:t/- tính từ
- cụ thể
- concrete noun: danh từ cụ thể
- bằng bê tông
- cụ thể
- danh từ
- vật cụ thể
- bê tông
- to the concrete
- thực tế, trong thực tế; cụ thể
- động từ
- đúc thành một khối; chắc lại
- rải bê tông; đổ bê tông; đúc bằng bê tông
- to concrete a road: rải bê tông một con đường
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun, verb+ adjective
1 made of concrete: a concrete floor / wall / building
2 based on facts, not on ideas or guesses: concrete evidence / proposals / proof + 'It's only a suspicion,' she said, 'nothing concrete.' + It is easier to think in concrete terms rather than in the abstract. + This is an urban tragedy that needs concrete action, not just concern.
Compare: ABSTRACT (1)
3 a concrete object is one that you can see and feel
concretely adverb
+ noun
[U] building material that is made by mixing together CEMENT, sand, small stones and water: a slab of concrete + The pathway is formed from large pebbles set in concrete.
+ verb [VN] ~ sth (over) to cover sth with concrete: The garden had been concreted over.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
real, actual, literal, realistic, authentic, valid, genuine, bona fide, reliable; specific, particular, definite, definitive, clear-cut, material, physical, tangible, substantial:
Have you any concrete evidence for the existence of UFOs?
Collocation
ADJ.
solid | bare
a floor made of bare concrete
| wet | pre-cast, ready-mix/ready-mixed, reinforced
QUANT.
layer, slab
VERB + CONCRETE
mix | lay, pour | be made from/(out) of | set sth in
The pathway is formed from large pebbles set in concrete. (figurative) I do not regard the constitution of the United Kingdom as set in concrete.
CONCRETE + VERB
set
Before the concrete sets the surface can be given a final smoothing over.
Concise dictionary
concretes|concreted|concretingkən'kriːtnoun
+a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
verb
+cover with cement
+form into a solid mass; coalesce
adj.
+capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary
+formed by the coalescence of particles
