cementitious

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/ˌsɛmɛnˈtɪʃəs//ˌsɛmənˈtɪʃəs/

adjective

Resembling or having some properties of cement; containing cement.

UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivecementitious (comparative more cementitious, superlative most cementitious)

comparative more cementitious · superlative most cementitious

  1. Resembling or having some properties of cement; containing cement.

    One of the remarkable innovations in concrete technology is the development of self-healing cementitious materials through the incorporation of bacterial agents.

    2024 October 10, Tiana Milović et al., “Enhancing Compressive Strength of Cement by Indigenous Individual and Co-Culture Bacillus Bacteria”, in Materials, volume 17, number 20, →DOI, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2025
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    This decomposition is owing to the action of the atmosphere , sun , and rain , that alters the cementitious or stiff matter in the different earthy particles . The cementitious matter is chiefly sulphureous or aluminous

    1806, Robert Forsyth, The Beauties of Scotland

    In the course of (2014 repair) works it was discovered that inappropriate cementitious repairs had been carried out historically on the top of the tower inside the parapet wall at the base of the steeple.

    2021 April 25, Sarah McCutcheon, “Fresh calls to repair 200 year-old Limerick church”, in Limerick Leader

    Synonyms: cementacious, cementatious

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling or having some properties of cement; containing cement.

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Origin

By surface analysis, cement + -itious; compare Latin caementitius (“pertaining to quarry stones”) and compare cement.

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cementitious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cementitious

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cementitious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cementitious.

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