cement
1. ce.ment \si-'ment\ n [ME sement, fr. OF ciment, fr. L caementum stone
chips used i]n making mortar, fr. caedere to cut - more at CONCISE 1: a
powder of alumina, silica, lime, iron oxide and magnesia burned togeth er
in a kiln and finely pulverized and used as an ingredient of mortar and
concrete 2: a binding element or agency : as 2a: a substance to make
objects adhere to each other 2b: a notion or feeling serving to unite
firmly 3: CEMENTUM 4: the fine-grained groundmass or glass of a porphyry
2. cement vt 1: to unite by or as if by cement 2: to overlay with concrete
: to become cemented - cement.er n