reinforced concrete
concrete containing steel bars, strands, mesh, etc., to absorb tensile and shearing stresses.
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How to use reinforced concrete in a sentence
If you are fleeing from a tsunami and no such havens are available, try to find a sturdy, reinforced concrete building.
Irma had destroyed the main cottage but they rebuilt with steel beams and reinforced concrete, and the endless views of the Caribbean, especially with a cocktail at sunset from their infinity pool, were as stunning as ever.
In the U.S. Virgin Islands, returning to a changed but resilient St. John | Bob Drogin | June 25, 2021 | Washington PostIn the fields: numerous small forts of reinforced concrete, which commanded all the roads into Lille.
Ypres and the Battles of Ypres | UnknownThey are about 10 feet high and are built of reinforced concrete, with huge cast-iron blocks upon their upstream faces.
The Panama Canal | Frederic Jennings HaskinThese were formed of walls of reinforced concrete five feet thick, with loopholes through which machine-guns could fire.
The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 | Frederick William Bewsher
Others again have iron bars run through the mass--reinforced concrete.
The Mountebank | William J. LockeThese viaducts consist of 50-foot reinforced concrete arch spans and piers, with here and there a 60-foot span.
The Modern Railroad | Edward Hungerford
British Dictionary definitions for reinforced concrete
concrete with steel bars, mesh, etc, embedded in it to enable it to withstand tensile and shear stresses
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