1. Noun
Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
2. Noun
A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.
3. Noun
The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.
4. Noun
Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.
5. Noun
The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.
6. Noun
To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.
7. Noun
To unite firmly or closely.
8. Noun
To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.
9. Verb
To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.
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