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reinforced concrete

noun
  1. concrete containing steel bars, strands, mesh, etc., to absorb tensile and shearing stresses.
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Origin of reinforced concrete

First recorded in 1900–05
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Examples from the Web for reinforced concrete

Historical Examples of reinforced concrete

  • Flags covered alike the stone and reinforced-concrete houses of business, and the brick and wooden residences.

    Down Under With the Prince

    Everard Cotes

  • Your best protection is an underground shelter or cave, or a substantial steel-framed or reinforced-concrete building.

    In Time Of Emergency

    Department of Defense

British Dictionary definitions for reinforced concrete

reinforced concrete

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