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- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
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noun |
| pronunciation: |
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| definition: |
Concrete is a hard, strong building material. Concrete is often used to make things like sidewalks, streets, and parts of buildings and bridges. Concrete contains things like sand, dried clay, and small stones.
The front steps to our house are made of concrete.
- similar words:
- cement, pavement
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
kan
krit
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| definition 1: |
When something is concrete, you can see and touch it. A book is a concrete thing, but a thought is not.
Pencils are concrete objects, but ideas are not.- synonyms:
- actual, real
- antonyms:
- abstract, imaginary
- similar words:
- true
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| definition 2: |
A concrete building is made of concrete.
They are making a concrete driveway. |
| related words: |
actual, physical, specific |
| derivations: |
concretely (adv.), concreteness (n.) |
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