CONCRETE
Definition of CONCRETE
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A solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particles; a compound substance, a concretion.
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Specifically, a building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.
"The road was made of concrete that had been poured in large slabs."
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A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
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(usually transitive) To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).
"I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn."
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(usually transitive) To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).
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To unite or coalesce into a mass or a solid body.
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Real, actual, tangible.
"Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that bigfoot exists."
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Being or applying to actual things, not abstract qualities or categories.
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Particular, specific, rather than general.
"While everyone else offered thoughts and prayers, she made a concrete proposal to help."
Source: Wiktionary