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   cement

   /sɪˈmɛnt/

   noun

   • 1. a powdery substance made by calcining lime and clay, mixed with water to form mortar or mixed with sand, gravel, and water to make concrete.
   • ▪ concrete.
   • ▪ a soft glue that hardens on setting: "tile cement"
   • ▪ a factor or element that unites a group of people: "trust is the cement that holds organizations together"
   • ▪ a substance for filling cavities in teeth: "dental cement"
   • ▪ a thin layer of bony material that fixes teeth to the jaw.
   • ▪ the material which binds particles together in sedimentary rock.

   verb

   • 1. fix with cement: "wooden posts were cemented into the ground"
   • ▪ settle or establish firmly: "the two firms are expected to cement an agreement soon"
   • ▪ (of a material) bind (particles) together in sedimentary rock: "the original quartz grains were cemented by authigenic quartz"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French ciment (noun), cimenter (verb), from Latin caementum ‘quarry stone’, from caedere ‘hew’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cementer noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • C

     3

   • E

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   • M

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   • E

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   • N

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   • T

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