concrete

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a hard building material made by mixing cement, sand, and water

   The path was made of solid concrete.

2. 2
   adj

   definite and specific rather than general or vague

   She made a concrete proposal to solve the problem.

3. 3
   adj

   existing as a real, physical thing rather than an idea

   There is no concrete evidence that he was there.

Borrowed from Latin concrētus, past participle of concrescō (to curdle) from con- (with, together) + crescō (to grow, rise).

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