any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.

any of various soft, sticky substances that dry hard or stonelike, used esp. for mending broken objects or for making things adhere.

Petrography . the compact groundmass surrounding and binding together the fragments of clastic rocks.

anything that binds or unites

Time is the cement of friendship.

Dentistry .

a hardening, adhesive, plastic substance, used in the repair of teeth for anchoring fillings or inlays, for filling, or for fastening crowns.

Informal . cementum.

to unite by or as if by cement

to cement stones to form a wall; to cement a relationship.

to coat or cover with cement

to cement a floor.

to become cemented; join together or unite; cohere.

verb

divide , separate , unfix

noun

adhesive , binder , birdlime , bond , concrete , epoxy , glue , grout , gum , gunk , lime , lute , mortar , mucilage , mud * , paste , plaster , putty , rubber cement , sand , sealant , size , solder , stickum , tarnotes:cement comes from latin caementum \'chips of stone\'; cement is an ingredient of concrete , but is not a synonym; cement should be pronounced suh-ment

verb

bind , blend , bond , cohere , combine , connect , fasten , fuse , glue , gum , join , merge , mortar , paste , plaster , seal , solder , stick together , unite , weldnotes:cement comes from latin caementum \'chips of stone\'; cement is an ingredient of concrete , but is not a synonym; cement should be pronounced suh-ment , adhesive , concrete , epoxy , glutinate , imbed , lime , lute , mastic , putty , solidify , stick , unify , weld