concreteness


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con·crete

 (kŏn-krēt′, kŏng-, kŏn′krēt′, kŏng′-)
adj.
1.
a. Of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular: had the concrete evidence needed to convict.
b. Relating to nouns, such as flower or rain, that denote a material or tangible object or phenomenon.
2. Existing in reality or in real experience; perceptible by the senses; real: concrete objects such as trees.
3. Formed by the coalescence of separate particles or parts into one mass; solid.
4. Made of hard, strong, conglomerate construction material.
n. (kŏn′krēt′, kŏng′-, kŏn-krēt′, kŏng-)
1. A hard, strong construction material consisting of sand, conglomerate gravel, pebbles, broken stone, or slag in a mortar or cement matrix.
2. A mass formed by the coalescence of particles.
v. (kŏn′krēt′, kŏng′-, kŏn-krēt′, kŏng-) con·cret·ed, con·cret·ing, con·cretes
v.tr.
1. To build, treat, or cover with hard, strong conglomerate construction material.
2. To form into a mass by coalescence or cohesion of particles or parts.
v.intr.
To harden; solidify.
[Middle English concret, from Latin concrētus, past participle of concrēscere, to grow together, harden : com-, com- + crēscere, to grow; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]
con·crete′ly adv.
con·crete′ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.concreteness - the quality of being concrete (not abstract)
literalness - adhereing to the concrete construal of something
corporality, corporeality, physicalness, materiality - the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
abstractness - the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
مَحْسوسِيَّه
konkrétnost
konkrethed
konkrétság
áòreifanleiki
konkrétnosť
somutluk

concrete

(ˈkoŋkriːt) adjective
1. made of concrete. concrete slabs.
2. able to be seen and felt; real or definite. A wooden table is a concrete object.
noun
a mixture of cement with sand etc used in building.
verb
to spread with concrete. We'll have to concrete the garden path.
ˈconcreteness noun
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