Gadit

concrete

Definitions (2)
1A building material made from a mixture of broken stone or gravel, sand, cement, and water, which can be spread or poured into molds and forms a stone-like mass on hardening.
The new bridge is made of concrete.
They poured concrete to create the foundation of the house.
Concrete walls provide excellent insulation.
2Existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract.
She gave a concrete example to illustrate her point.
The plan needs more concrete details before we can proceed.
His ideas were vague, lacking any concrete evidence.
Idioms & expressions
set in concrete, Something that is fixed and unchangeable.
concrete jungle, An urban area with a high density of buildings and little greenery.
Word Origin
Language
Latin
Original word
concretus
Word parts
con (together) + crescere (to grow)
Originally meant
grown together, solidified
Background
The word 'concrete' originally referred to something that had grown together or become solid. It entered English in the 14th century, initially describing things that were tangible or real, before becoming associated with the building material in the 19th century.