concrete
concrete (kŏn-krētʹ, kŏng-, kŏnʹkrēt, kŏngʹ-) adjective
1. Of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular: had the concrete evidence needed to convict.
2. Existing in reality or in real experience; perceptible by the senses; real: concrete objects such as trees.
3. Of or relating to a material thing or group of things as opposed to an abstraction.
4. Formed by the coalescence of separate particles or parts into one mass; solid.
5. Made of hard, strong, conglomerate construction material.
noun
(kŏnʹkrēt, kŏngʹ-, kŏn-krētʹ, kŏng-)
1. Abbr. conc. A hard, strong construction material consisting of sand, conglomerate gravel, pebbles, broken stone, or slag in a mortar or cement matrix.
2. A mass formed by the coalescence of particles.
verb
concreted, concreting, concretes (kŏnʹkrēt, kŏngʹ-, kŏn-krētʹ, kŏng-)
verb, transitive
1. To build, treat, or cover with hard, strong conglomerate construction material.
2. To form into a mass by coalescence or cohesion of particles or parts.
verb, intransitive
To harden; solidify.
[Middle English concret, from Latin concrētus past participle of concrēscere, to grow together, harden : com-, com- + crēscere, to grow.]
concreteʹly adverb
concreteʹness noun