concrete: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 12 letter points · starts with C · ends with E
Meaning of concrete
adj
Real, actual, tangible.
Example: Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that Bigfoot exists.
Real, actual, tangible. Analogous to the categories of algebraic objects which category theory was created to generalize, in the sense of having objects which can be thought of as sets equipped with some additional structure. Formally, equipped with a faithful functor to the category of sets.
- broadly
Real, actual, tangible. Equipped with a faithful functor to X (called a base category), in which case C is called a concrete category over X.
Being or applying to actual things, rather than abstract qualities or categories.
Listed forms: concreter, concretest.
Source: Wiktionary — concrete.
noun
- countable, uncountable
A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.
Example: Various types of concrete have been used in the construction of this highway.
- countable, especially, uncountable
A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand. Such a material whose cement is Portland cement or a similar limestone derivative.
Example: The sidewalk was made of concrete that had been poured in large slabs.
- countable, uncountable
A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
- US, countable, uncountable
A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.
Listed forms: concretes.
Source: Wiktionary — concrete.
verb
- transitive, usually
To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).
Example: I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn.
- transitive, usually
To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).
- archaic, intransitive
To unite or coalesce into a solid mass.
Listed forms: concretes, concreting, concreted.
Source: Wiktionary — concrete.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of concrete
C(3) + O(1) + N(1) + C(3) + R(1) + E(1) + T(1) + E(1) = 12 points.
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Anagrams of concrete
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from concrete
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