PORTLAND CEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Portland cement mean? 

• PORTLAND CEMENT (noun)
  The noun PORTLAND CEMENT has 1 sense:

1. a cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result

  Familiarity information: PORTLAND CEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PORTLAND CEMENT (noun)

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Meaning:

A cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

hydraulic cement; Portland cement

Hypernyms ("Portland cement" is a kind of...):

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)