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ferroconcrete

American  
[fer-oh-kon-kreet, -kong-, -kon-kreet, -kong-] / ˌfɛr oʊˈkɒn krit, -ˈkɒŋ-, -kɒnˈkrit, -kɒŋ- /
ferroconcrete British  
/ ˌfɛrəʊˈkɒŋkriːt /

noun

  1. another name for reinforced concrete

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ferroconcrete

First recorded in 1895–1900; ferro- + concrete

Example Sentences

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Originally Clyde’s Cleaners, built in 1946 to serve Lower Queen Anne Hill, the building was refashioned in 1984 into the ferroconcrete mound popularly known as The Blob.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2022

Today in Germany we write poems in steel and symphonies in ferroconcrete.

From Time Magazine Archive

People now come only on holidays�at New Year's to Senso-ji, the temple reconstructed in painted ferroconcrete.

From Time Magazine Archive

The town was girdled by a 25-mile belt of ferroconcrete pillboxes, tank traps and barbed wire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Floodlights spilled brilliance over the dunes and the scrubby earth, high fences casting laced shadows across the burning white expanses of ferroconcrete.

From The Hills of Home by Coppel, Alfred

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