Portland cement

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noun

a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.

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Origin of Portland cement

First recorded in 1815–25; named after the Isle of Portland, Dorsetshire, England

Words nearby Portland cement

portion-controlled, portioner, Port Jackson, Port Jackson willow, Portland, Portland cement, Portlaoise, Port Lavaca, Port Louis, portly, Port Lyautey

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How to use Portland cement in a sentence

Schedules work out and we just have them come out to Portland.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And now Portland, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are all suing Uber for refusing to play by their old regulatory playbooks.
Why Do ‘Progressives’ Want to Ban Uber and AirBnB?|Adam Thierer, Christopher Koopman|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Electric Swamp Blues How can you possibly find authentic swamp blues in Portland, Oregon?
The Best Albums of 2014|Ted Gioia|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So the following year dozens of Santas, in full red and white trim, boarded a plane to Portland.
Before the Bros, SantaCon Was as an Anti-Corporate Protest|David Freedlander|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

"We will continue to operate in Portland," Uber spokeswoman Eva Behrend told The Oregonian.
Things Are Going Downhill Fast for Uber|Kyle Chayka|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is sometimes asked, cannot “Analysis” cement together unconnected “Extremes”?
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Delancy turned the sedan through the door of the big garage, rolled across the wide parking floor to the cement ramp at the rear.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
He washed the cement floor with the hose, and while waiting for it to dry he rinsed his brushes in turpentine.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
An address was presented requesting him not to grant to Portland an extensive territory in North Wales.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Portland was chosen for this important and delicate mission; and the choice was eminently judicious.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

British Dictionary definitions for Portland cement

Portland cement

noun

a cement that hardens under water and is made by heating a slurry of clay and crushed chalk or limestone to clinker in a kiln

Word Origin for Portland cement

C19: named after the Isle of Portland, because its colour resembles that of the stone quarried there

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