Cement

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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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