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reinforced concrete

American

noun

concrete containing steel bars, strands, mesh, etc., to absorb tensile and shearing stresses.

reinforced concrete British

noun

concrete with steel bars, mesh, etc, embedded in it to enable it to withstand tensile and shear stresses

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Etymology

Origin of reinforced concrete

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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Some visually appealing examples are known as shells, and these have traditionally been made from reinforced concrete.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2025

Grenfell Tower was originally built with reinforced concrete in 1974.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

He said the entire ground-level room is built with reinforced concrete walls.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024

Crews will be installing steel girders — long boxes of reinforced concrete — over the freeway in order to build the vegetated bridge, according to Caltrans.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

The Germans had constructed reinforced concrete pillboxes that housed machine guns, antiaircraft weapons, and light artillery all along the English Channel over to the Atlantic Ocean.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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