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The Meaning of concrete
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(a.) United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.
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(a.) 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.
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(a.) Applied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to general. See Abstract, 3.
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(n.) A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
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(n.) Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
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(v. i.) To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body.
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(v. t.) To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles.
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(v. t.) To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement.
Synonyms
cover
Antonyms
liquid
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ideological
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ideational
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conceptional
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conceptual
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notional
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ideologic
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gaseous
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ideal
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abstract
Rhymes
amit
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athlete
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backseat
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beat
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beet
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bittersweet
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bleat
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bradstreet
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breit
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bridgette
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browbeat
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buckwheat
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bufete
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cheat
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cleat
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cliett
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compete
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complete
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conceit
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crabmeat
,
crete
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deadbeat
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deceit
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defeat
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delete
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deplete
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discreet
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discrete
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downbeat
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drumbeat
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eat
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effete
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elite
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excrete
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feat
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feet
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fleet
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freet
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gamete
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gleet
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greet
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grete
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heartbeat
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heat
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incomplete
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indiscreet
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jobete
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keitt
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kriete
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lalit
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lanete
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leet
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leete
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leite
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longstreet
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margarete
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marguerite
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marquerite
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meat
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meet
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mesquite
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mete
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mincemeat
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mistreat
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murveit
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neat
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neet
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noncompete
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obsolete
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offbeat
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overeat
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overheat
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parakeet
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peat
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peet
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peete
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pete
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petite
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piet
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piette
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pleat
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puneet
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quiett
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receipt
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repeat
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replete
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retreat
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seat
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secrete
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sheet
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shumeet
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skeat
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skeet
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skeete
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sleet
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spreadsheet
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st
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street
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suite
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sweatt
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sweet
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swete
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teat
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teet
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threatt
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threet
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thweatt
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treat
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tweet
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uncomplete
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unseat
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upbeat
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vanvliet
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veit
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vliet
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wheat
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worksheet