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
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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
On our right wing, on the side of the Austrians, whom a well-cemented alliance retained, a phlegmatic people, governed despotically by an united aristocracy, there was no sudden explosion to be apprehended.
From History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 by Philippe-Paul, comte de Ségur
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 Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
