cements

Meanings

• noun

  A building material made from limestone and clay, which is heated to a high temperature in a kiln, causing it to harden.

  - "The construction company used cements to build the foundation of the new building."
  - "The worker mixed water and cements to make mortar for the bricks."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with cements
seements , elements

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Variants

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cement , cemented , cementer , cementers , cementing , cements , ferro-cement , ferro-cements , Portland cement , Portland cements , portland cement , portland cements , rubber cement , rubber cements

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Etymology

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The word 'cement' comes from the Latin 'caementum', meaning 'rubble, fragment'. It refers to the binding material used to hold together pieces of rubble in Roman concrete.

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Trivia

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1. Cements were used in the construction of the Great Pyramids of Egypt.

2. Portland cement, the most common type of cement, was invented in England in the late 1800s.

3. Cements can be made from a variety of materials, including limestone, clay, and shale.

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Related Concepts

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1. Concrete: Cements are a key ingredient in the production of concrete, which is the most widely used building material in the world.

2. Mortar: Cements are used to make mortar, which is used to bind bricks or other masonry units together.

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Culture

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Cements have been used since ancient civilizations for construction purposes. In literature, cements are often used as a metaphor for unity and binding together. In music, there is a genre called 'cement music' which is a type of experimental music that uses found objects as instruments.

How to Memorize "cements"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a bag of cements being poured into a wheelbarrow, and then being transported to a construction site. Visualize the cements being mixed with water to form mortar, and the mortar being used to lay bricks.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'cements' with the idea of construction and building. Think of the sound of a cement mixer or the feel of wet cements between your fingers.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Cement is a material used to make things set' to help remember the meaning of the word.

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