CONCRETES
Verb
concretes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concrete
Noun
concretes
plural of concrete
Anagrams
• cocenters
Source: Wiktionary
CONCRETE
Con"crete ( or ), a. Etym: [L. concretus, p. p. of concrescere to
grow together; con- + crescere to grow; cf. F. concret. See
Crescent.]
1. United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles
into one mass; united in a solid form.
The first concrete state, or consistent surface, of the chaos must be
of the same figure as the last liquid state. Bp. Burnet.
2. (Logic)
(a) Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all
its qualities, as distingushed from standing for an attribute of an
object; -- opposed to abstract. Hence:
(b) Applied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to
general. See Abstract, 3.
Concrete is opposed to a abstract. The names of individuals are
concrete, those of classes abstract. J. S. Mill.
Concrete terms, while they express the quality, do also express, or
imply, or refer to, some subject to which it belongs. I. Watts.
Concrete number, a number associated with, or applied to, a
particular object, as three men, five days, etc., as distinguished
from an abstract number, or one used without reference to a
particular object.
– Concrete quantity, a physical object or a collection of such
objects. Davies & Peck.
– Concrete science, a physical science, one having as its subject
of knowledge concrete things instead of abstract laws.
– Concrete sound or movement of the voice, one which slides
continuously up or down, as distinguished from a discrete movement,
in which the voice leaps at once from one line of pitch to another.
Rush.
Con"crete, n.
1. A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or
coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body.
To divide all concretes, minerals and others, into the same number of
distinct substances. Boyle.
2. A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with
tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp.
for submarine structures.
3. (Logic)
Definition: A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it
exists; a concrete term.
The concretes "father" and "son" have, or might have, the abstracts
"paternity" and "filiety". J. S. Mill.
4. (Sugar Making)
Definition: Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
Con*crete", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Concreted; p. pr & vb. n.
Concreting.]
Definition: To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or
solid body.
Note: Applied to some substances, it is equivalent to indurate; as,
metallic matter concretes into a hard body; applied to others, it is
equivalent to congeal, thicken, inspissate, coagulate, as in the
concretion of blood. "The blood of some who died of the plague could
not be made to concrete." Arbuthnot.
Con*crete", v. t.
1. To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate
particles.
There are in our inferior world divers bodies that are concreted out
of others. Sir M. Hale.
2. To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement.
CONCRETE
Con"crete ( or ), a. Etym: [L. concretus, p. p. of concrescere to
grow together; con- + crescere to grow; cf. F. concret. See
Crescent.]
1. United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles
into one mass; united in a solid form.
The first concrete state, or consistent surface, of the chaos must be
of the same figure as the last liquid state. Bp. Burnet.
2. (Logic)
(a) Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all
its qualities, as distingushed from standing for an attribute of an
object; -- opposed to abstract. Hence:
(b) Applied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to
general. See Abstract, 3.
Concrete is opposed to a abstract. The names of individuals are
concrete, those of classes abstract. J. S. Mill.
Concrete terms, while they express the quality, do also express, or
imply, or refer to, some subject to which it belongs. I. Watts.
Concrete number, a number associated with, or applied to, a
particular object, as three men, five days, etc., as distinguished
from an abstract number, or one used without reference to a
particular object.
– Concrete quantity, a physical object or a collection of such
objects. Davies & Peck.
– Concrete science, a physical science, one having as its subject
of knowledge concrete things instead of abstract laws.
– Concrete sound or movement of the voice, one which slides
continuously up or down, as distinguished from a discrete movement,
in which the voice leaps at once from one line of pitch to another.
Rush.
Con"crete, n.
1. A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or
coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body.
To divide all concretes, minerals and others, into the same number of
distinct substances. Boyle.
2. A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with
tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp.
for submarine structures.
3. (Logic)
Definition: A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it
exists; a concrete term.
The concretes "father" and "son" have, or might have, the abstracts
"paternity" and "filiety". J. S. Mill.
4. (Sugar Making)
Definition: Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
Con*crete", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Concreted; p. pr & vb. n.
Concreting.]
Definition: To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or
solid body.
Note: Applied to some substances, it is equivalent to indurate; as,
metallic matter concretes into a hard body; applied to others, it is
equivalent to congeal, thicken, inspissate, coagulate, as in the
concretion of blood. "The blood of some who died of the plague could
not be made to concrete." Arbuthnot.
Con*crete", v. t.
1. To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate
particles.
There are in our inferior world divers bodies that are concreted out
of others. Sir M. Hale.
2. To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition