Need another word that means the same as “cement”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “cement” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Cement” are: cementum, adhesive, glue, fixative, gum, paste, bonding, binder, sealer, sealant, stick, bond, join, connect
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cement” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| adhesive | A substance that unites or bonds surfaces together. Tile adhesive. |
| binder | A bookbinder. |
| bonding | Fastening firmly together. We were friendly to each other but there was no bonding. |
| cementum | A specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth. |
| fixative | A chemical substance used to preserve or stabilize biological material prior to microscopy or other examination. Sandalwood is regarded by many perfumers as a good fixative. |
| glue | An adhesive substance used for sticking objects or materials together. Waterproof glue. |
| gum | A gum tree especially a eucalyptus. |
| paste | A paste used as an adhesive especially for sticking paper. Paste brooches. |
| sealant | A kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface. Blobs of silicone sealant. |
| sealer | A jar with a hermetic seal designed to preserve food such as fruit, pickles, and jams. A vacuum sealer extends the time wine remains drinkable. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cement” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| bond | Issue bonds on. Press the material to bond the layers together. |
| connect | Make a logical or causal connection. I was quickly connected to the police. |
| join | Be or become joined or united or linked. Our paths joined. |
| stick | Come or be in close contact with stick or hold together and resist separation. Stick the poster onto the wall. |
| adobe | The clay from which adobe bricks are made. Adobe houses. |
| alabaster | Like alabaster in whiteness and smoothness. The gilded alabaster tomb of Sir Anthony Browne. |
| amethyst | A transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone. An amethyst dress. |
| asphalt | Cover with tar or asphalt. Asphalt the driveway. |
| brick | Throw bricks at. The pub was attacked and windows in the area were bricked. |
| build | Be engaged in building. The air of excited anticipation builds. |
| calcareous | Containing calcium carbonate; chalky. The bottom mud becomes calcareous. |
| calcite | A common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone. |
| calcium | A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth’s crust; an important component of most plants and animals. |
| caryatid | A supporting column carved in the shape of a person. |
| concrete | Cover an area with concrete. The precious English countryside may soon be concreted over. |
| crystal | A crystalline piece of semiconductor used as an oscillator or transducer. A crystal chandelier. |
| effigy | A roughly made model of a person that is made in order to be damaged or destroyed as a protest. A tomb effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine. |
| granite | Something having the quality of granite unyielding firmness. A man of granite. |
| gypsum | A soft white or grey mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. It occurs chiefly in sedimentary deposits and is used to make plaster of Paris and fertilizers, and in the building industry. |
| harden | Cause to accept or become hardened to habituate. Brick is made of moist clay hardened by heat. |
| lime | Birdlime. The oak had to be limed then waxed and then brushed to get that particular effect. |
| limestone | A sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals. |
| marble | Stain or streak something so that it looks like marble. Marble paper. |
| mud | Plaster with mud. The two sides took over the local media to throw mud at each other. |
| plaster | Coat with plaster. A large piece of plaster on her forehead. |
| porphyry | Any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals. |
| quartz | A hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form present in most rocks especially sandstone and granite yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities. |
| rock | A mass of rock projecting above the earth s surface or out of the sea. There are dangerous rocks around the island. |
| sand | Smooth or polish with sandpaper or a mechanical sander. This magical coast boasts mile upon mile of golden sand. |
| sculpt | Create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material. She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband. |
| sculpture | A work of art made by sculpture. A bronze sculpture. |
| silicon | The chemical element of atomic number 14 a non metal with semiconducting properties used in making electronic circuits Pure silicon exists in a shiny dark grey crystalline form and as an amorphous powder. |
| slate | Cover with slate. Construction is slated to begin late next year. |
| stone | A round piece or counter originally made of stone used in various board games especially the Japanese game of go. People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock. |
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