CEMENT

Definitions

1. 1. Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
2. 2. A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.
3. 3. The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n.., 2.
4. 4. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society. "The cement of our love."
5. 5. The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum. Hydraulic cement. See under Hydraulic.