cement
noun
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
well-cemented
-
a word derived from
cement.
Example Sentences
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For example, poorly sorted and well-cemented sandstone and well-compressed mudstone can have very low porosity.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Provisions already put in place, like tougher oversight of health insurers, the expansion of coverage to one million young adults and more protections for workers with pre-existing conditions are already well-cemented and popular.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2011
Tough, well-cemented paint resists the pressure and keeps the air back.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 by Various
The colonists worked with a will, and the two dams, which besides did not exceed eight feet in width by three in height, were rapidly erected by means of well-cemented blocks of stone.
From The Secret of the Island by William Henry Giles Kingston
The character of the matrix of the deposits varies from a homogeneous clay to clay interrupted by layers of soft, limey, conglomeratic rock, to a hard, well-cemented, calcareous conglomerate.
From Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma by Richard C. Fox
