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Sentence count:197+21Posted:2016-07-19Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: cementpavementrealsolidsubstantialtangibleAntonym: abstractSimilar words: on creditcontretempsincreasedincreasingincredibleincrediblyincreasinglyin secretMeaning: [kən'kriːt]  n. a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water. v. 1. cover with cement 2. form into a solid mass; coalesce. adj. 1. capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary 2. formed by the coalescence of particles. 
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151 The present chapter provides concrete examples of such an evaluation.
152 A low interest loan from an anonymous benefactor allowed the concrete floor to go in.
153 It ploughed off the motorway, behind the motorway bridge crash barrier(sentence dictionary), and into the concrete upright.
154 Designers are considering enlarging and strengthening the concrete foundations, and anchoring them into Bay soils with steel pilings.
155 There was another little room, the Quiet Room, plain concrete block walls without chairs or windows.
156 It goes without saying that you start with the bottom step, to prevent the concrete falling through to the one below.
157 A framework of steel beams supports the concrete slab floor plates.
158 Concrete blocks were used by most builders in the 1960s when constructing office buildings.
159 Neon everywhere, billboards as far as the eye could see[sentencedict.com], concrete apartment blocks dingy with pollution.
160 Contrary to one of the fantasies of modern architecture, brick and masonry buildings are far more flexible than concrete, steel-framed ones.
161 The concrete block shell was in place by early 1992 ready for the 25-week facing brickwork stage to begin.
162 Twisted, blackened corpses lie side-by-side on a cold-looking concrete floor.
163 It swerved wildly towards the wall, bounced over the pavement and came to a stop four feet from the concrete wall.
164 The most popular materials for raised beds are bricks and concrete walling blocks.
165 For a concrete example, consider again the commercial airliner industry.
166 Some concrete and clay plain tiles originally intended for roofing can also be used for cladding walls.
167 He was tortured severely, stripped and manacled to a concrete cell floor.
168 These provide compensation for faulty concrete construction in council homes sold to private buyers.
169 Over a long period, however, the continued leaks could accelerate the rate of deterioration of the concrete.
170 I have been banished to a windy concrete corridor far from everywhere.
171 I drew a circle with my finger on the concrete rim of the fountain.
172 His call for a new spirit of experimental investigation was later codified and converted into a more concrete programme by Francis Bacon.
173 To the Milesians, however, the opposites were not abstract qualities, on a par with numbers, but concrete stuffs.
174 A full appreciation of intentions in moral judgments begins to develop around the transition from concrete to formal operations.
175 He sensed more than heard the scuffle of trainer shoes on concrete behind him and threw a casual glance over his shoulder.
176 It fires beer cans stuffed with concrete and dynamite detonators.
177 It's rather like a concrete bunker but hopefully with some work we can make it look quite nice.
178 It was the invention of pre-stressed concrete that really transformed building techniques.
179 He reached the large block of offices, at least eighty firms doing business within this hunk of concrete and glass.
180 Here, too, metal reinforcements set in the concrete have rusted because the concrete contained too much calcium chloride.
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