concrete

Etymology
, past participle of (to curdle) from  (with, together) +  (to grow, rise).

Adjective

 * 1) Real, actual, tangible.
 * 2)  Analogous to the categories of algebraic objects which category theory was created to generalize, in the sense of having objects which can be thought of as sets equipped with some additional structure. Formally, equipped with a faithful functor to the category of sets.
 * 3)  Equipped with a faithful functor to $$X$$ (called a base category), in which case $$C$$ is called a concrete category over $$X$$.
 * 4) Being or applying to actual things, rather than abstract qualities or categories.
 * 5) Particular, specific, rather than general.
 * 6)  Made of concrete (building material).
 * 7)  Made up of separate parts; composite.
 * 8)  Not liquid or fluid; solid.
 * 1)  Analogous to the categories of algebraic objects which category theory was created to generalize, in the sense of having objects which can be thought of as sets equipped with some additional structure. Formally, equipped with a faithful functor to the category of sets.
 * 2)  Equipped with a faithful functor to $$X$$ (called a base category), in which case $$C$$ is called a concrete category over $$X$$.
 * 3) Being or applying to actual things, rather than abstract qualities or categories.
 * 4) Particular, specific, rather than general.
 * 5)  Made of concrete (building material).
 * 6)  Made up of separate parts; composite.
 * 7)  Not liquid or fluid; solid.
 * 1) Particular, specific, rather than general.
 * 2)  Made of concrete (building material).
 * 3)  Made up of separate parts; composite.
 * 4)  Not liquid or fluid; solid.
 * 1)  Made of concrete (building material).
 * 2)  Made up of separate parts; composite.
 * 3)  Not liquid or fluid; solid.
 * 1)  Made of concrete (building material).
 * 2)  Made up of separate parts; composite.
 * 3)  Not liquid or fluid; solid.
 * 1)  Made of concrete (building material).
 * 2)  Made up of separate parts; composite.
 * 3)  Not liquid or fluid; solid.
 * 1)  Made of concrete (building material).
 * 2)  Made up of separate parts; composite.
 * 3)  Not liquid or fluid; solid.
 * 1)  Made up of separate parts; composite.
 * 2)  Not liquid or fluid; solid.
 * 1)  Made up of separate parts; composite.
 * 2)  Not liquid or fluid; solid.
 * 1)  Not liquid or fluid; solid.
 * 1)  Not liquid or fluid; solid.
 * 1)  Not liquid or fluid; solid.
 * 1)  Not liquid or fluid; solid.
 * 1)  Not liquid or fluid; solid.

Translations

 * Belarusian: канкрэ́тны,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 切實的, 具體的
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: reala, palpebla
 * Estonian: konkreetne
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 実際の
 * Latvian: konkrēts
 * Malay:, ketara, , konkret
 * Malayalam:
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: skutočný, reálny, hmatateľný, konkrétny
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: конкре́тний,
 * Yiddish: קאָנקרעט


 * Belarusian:, рэа́льны
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 具體的
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: konkreta
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: concretus, corporalis
 * Latvian: konkrēts
 * Malayalam:
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Nynorsk: konkret
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: rudail
 * Slovak: ozajstný, reálny, skutočný
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: спра́вжній, ді́йсний, реа́льний
 * Yiddish: קאָנקרעט


 * Bulgarian: бетонен
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 石屎, 三合土, 混凝土
 * Mandarin: 混凝土的
 * Crimean Tatar: beton
 * Czech:
 * Danish: beton-
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: betona
 * Finnish:, betoni-
 * French: de béton
 * German: aus Beton,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: coincréiteach
 * Italian: (in/di) calcestruzzo, (in/di) cemento
 * Japanese: コンクリートの
 * Lao:
 * Latvian: betona
 * Norwegian: betong-
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian:
 * Campidanese: biaroni
 * Slovak:, z betónu
 * Spanish: de concreto, de hormigón
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Yiddish: בעטאָנען


 * Indonesian: ,

Noun

 * 1)  A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.
 * 2)  A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
 * 3)  A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.
 * 4)   An extract of herbal materials that has a semi-solid consistency, especially when such materials are partly aromatic.
 * 5)  Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
 * 6)   Any solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particle; a compound substance, a concretion.
 * 1)  A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.
 * 2)   An extract of herbal materials that has a semi-solid consistency, especially when such materials are partly aromatic.
 * 3)  Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
 * 4)   Any solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particle; a compound substance, a concretion.
 * 1)  A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.
 * 2)   An extract of herbal materials that has a semi-solid consistency, especially when such materials are partly aromatic.
 * 3)  Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
 * 4)   Any solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particle; a compound substance, a concretion.
 * 1)   An extract of herbal materials that has a semi-solid consistency, especially when such materials are partly aromatic.
 * 2)  Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
 * 3)   Any solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particle; a compound substance, a concretion.
 * 1)  Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
 * 2)   Any solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particle; a compound substance, a concretion.
 * 1)  Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
 * 2)   Any solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particle; a compound substance, a concretion.
 * 1)  Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
 * 2)   Any solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particle; a compound substance, a concretion.
 * 1)   Any solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particle; a compound substance, a concretion.
 * 1)   Any solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particle; a compound substance, a concretion.
 * 1)   Any solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particle; a compound substance, a concretion.
 * 1)   Any solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particle; a compound substance, a concretion.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: خَرَسَانَة
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: formigón
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: hormigoi
 * Belarusian: бето́н
 * Bengali:
 * Breton: ,
 * Bulgarian: бето́н
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏰᏍᏛᏗ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: beton
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: betong
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ბეტონი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: betonngi
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: कंक्रीट
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunsrik: Konkrett
 * Icelandic:, steypa
 * Indonesian:, corcoran
 * Irish: coincréit
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Javanese: beton
 * Jeju: 공거리
 * Kazakh: бетон
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ຄອນກີດ
 * Latin: opus caementicium, caementicium
 * Latvian: betons
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: Bëtong
 * Macedonian: бетон
 * Malay:, konkret ,
 * Malayalam: കോൺക്രീറ്റ്
 * Maltese: konkos
 * Maori: raima
 * Minangkabau:
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: betong
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Samogitian: vakna
 * Scottish Gaelic: cruadhtan
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бетон
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: zege
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: бетон
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: کنکریٹ
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: בעטאָן

Verb

 * 1)  To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).
 * 2)  To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).
 * 3)  To unite or coalesce into a solid mass.
 * 1)  To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).
 * 2)  To unite or coalesce into a solid mass.
 * 1)  To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).
 * 2)  To unite or coalesce into a solid mass.
 * 1)  To unite or coalesce into a solid mass.
 * 1)  To unite or coalesce into a solid mass.
 * 1)  To unite or coalesce into a solid mass.

Usage notes

 * Etymologically, the antonym of concrete is, but the meanings of the two verbs have diverged so widely that this is scarcely noticed today.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: бетонирам
 * Czech: betonovat, zabetonovat
 * Danish: gøre til en fast masse
 * Dutch: betonneren
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: επικαλύπτω με σκυρόδεμα
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: coincréitigh
 * Italian: coprire/ricoprire di calcestruzzo/cemento,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: конкретизирам се
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: størkne, blive hård, blive konkret, konkretisere
 * Dutch:, concreet worden, vorm aannemen
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, , , concretizzarsi
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ta form, bli konkret