concrete

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
  2. verb cover with cement
  3. verb form into a solid mass; coalesce

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin concrētus, past participle of concrescō (to curdle) from con- (with, together) + crescō (to grow, rise).

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