reinforced concrete
Save This Word!
noun
concrete containing steel bars, strands, mesh, etc., to absorb tensile and shearing stresses.
QUIZZES
THINK YOU’VE GOT A HANDLE ON THIS US STATE NICKNAME QUIZ?
Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.
Question 1 of 8
Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?
Origin of reinforced concrete
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby reinforced concrete
Reinecke, Reiner, reinfect, reinfection, reinforce, reinforced concrete, reinforced plastic, reinforcement, reinforcement therapy, reinforcer, Reinhardt
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for reinforced concrete
British Dictionary definitions for reinforced concrete
reinforced concrete
noun
concrete with steel bars, mesh, etc, embedded in it to enable it to withstand tensile and shear stresses
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