reinforced concrete

noun

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

Words nearby reinforced concrete

reinecke, reiner, reinfect, reinfection, reinforce, reinforced concrete, reinforced plastic, reinforcement, reinforcement therapy, reinforcer, reinhardt

Example sentences from the Web for reinforced concrete

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
Flags covered alike the stone and reinforced-concrete houses of business, and the brick and wooden residences.
Down Under With the Prince|Everard Cotes

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

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