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HYDRAULIC CEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hydraulic cement mean?
• HYDRAULIC CEMENT (noun)
The noun HYDRAULIC CEMENT has 1 sense:
1. a cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result
Familiarity information: HYDRAULIC CEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
hydraulic cement; Portland cement
Hypernyms ("hydraulic cement" is a kind of...):
cement (a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar)
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