Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.
The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n.., 2.
Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society. "The cement of our love."
The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum. Hydraulic cement. See under Hydraulic.
To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement. Bp. Burnet.
To unite firmly or closely. Shak.
To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.
To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere. S. Sharp.
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