Word Definition

Concrete

  1. A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
  2. A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body.
  3. Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract.
  4. A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures.
  5. Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
  6. United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.
  7. Applied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to general. See Abstract, 3.
  8. To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles.
  9. To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body.
  10. To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement.