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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

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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

A ponderous tome, its almost every paragraph is studded with ferroconcrete facts and charges that are almost too heavy.

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

On a hill opposite the sprawling shoe works rises a brand new, two-story, ferroconcrete Bat'a Pantheon.

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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