ferroconcrete
залізобетон
железобетон
Stahlbeton
A building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or…A building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength.
US/ˌfɛɹoʊˈkɑnkɹit/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)A building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength.
Stahlbeton
железобето́нželezobetón
залізобето́нzalizobetón
More definitions
- concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses
Translations
5 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
building material:
Русский
By meaning 1
building material:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
building material:
Origin
From ferro- + concrete.From ferro- + concrete.
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Forms
plural: ferroconcretes| Singular | ferroconcrete |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses:reinforced concrete
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedferroconcreted
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.