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Noun cement has 5 senses

cement - concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; "they stood on the gray cement beside the pool"
--₁ is a kind of concrete
cement - a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar
--₂ is a kind of building material
--₂ is a substance of concrete; mortar
--₂ has particulars: hydraulic cement, Portland cement
Derived forms: verb cement₂, verb cement₃
cement - something that hardens to act as adhesive material
--₃ is a kind of adhesive material, adhesive
--₃ has particulars:
glue, gum, mucilage; putty; iron putty; red-lead putty; mastic
cement - any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
--₄ is a kind of filling, fill

Derived forms: verb cement₂, verb cement₃
cementum, cement - a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
--₅ is a kind of solid body substance
--₅ is a part of root, tooth root

Verb cement has 3 senses

cement - make fast as if with cement; "We cemented our friendship"
--₁ is one way to bind
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
cement - cover or coat with cement
--₂ is one way to coat, surface

Derived forms: noun cement₄, noun cement₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
cement - bind or join with or as if with cement
--₃ is one way to fasten, fix, secure

Derived forms: noun cement₄, noun cement₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something