cement
noun/sɪˈmɛnt/
Frequency rank: #4,537 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a gray powder mixed with water that hardens and is used in construction to bind materials together.
Example sentence
The workers used cement to hold the bricks together when building the wall.
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