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S vs Cement - What's the difference?

s | cement |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun cement is

(label) a powdered substance that develops strong adhesive properties when mixed with water.

As a verb cement is

to affix with cement.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    cement

    English

    (wikipedia cement)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

  • (label) A powdered substance that develops strong adhesive properties when mixed with water.
  • * , chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
  • (uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water.
  • (label) Any material with strong adhesive properties.
  • (label) Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
  • (label) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.

    • Derived terms

    * Keene's cement * masonry cement * Portland cement

    See also

    * concrete

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To affix with cement.
  • To overlay or coat with cement.
    • to cement a cellar bottom
  • (figurative) To unite firmly or closely.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (figuratively) To make permanent.
  • * "But friendship is a calm and sedate affection, conducted by reason and cemented by habit;" David Hume, http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=704&chapter=137514&layout=html&Itemid=27