concreting
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present participleof concrete.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
concretenounan artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.
Example Sentences
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He added that nobody knows what might happen in that time, so Russian companies would not be "concreting over their oil-wells".
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2022
According to him, construction workers used to be skilled in multiple aspects of the trade, but now the applicants he sees are specialized in specific categories, like framing, concreting or finishing, but not all three.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2017
The people behind Supurbia are quick to point out they have no intention of "garden-grabbing" or concreting over green spaces.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2014
Like the fact that you see Boo Radley's father concreting in the hole in the tree where Boo had been leaving gifts for the children.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2013
By building several lengths of invert first and following in succession by the side wall construction and then by the arch construction, the form erection and the concreting proceeded without interruption by each other.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette