Meanings
nounferroconcrete (usually uncountable, plural ferroconcretes)
plural ferroconcretes
- uncountableusuallyA building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength.
Synonyms: reinforced concrete
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength.
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nounconcrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses
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Translations
Bulgarian железобетон
- железобетон (železobeton)building material
Czech železobeton
- železobetonbuilding material
Dutch gewapend beton
- gewapend betonbuilding material
Finnish teräsbetoni
- teräsbetonibuilding material
German Stahlbeton
- Stahlbetonbuilding material
Hebrew בטון מזויין
- בטון מזויין (beton mezuyan)building material
Hungarian vasbeton
- vasbetonbuilding material
Irish iarnchoincréit
- iarnchoincréitbuilding material
Italian cemento armato
- cemento armatobuilding material
Latvian dzelzsbetons
- dzelzsbetonsbuilding material
Polish żelbet
- żelbetbuilding material
Russian железобето́н
- железобето́н (železobetón)building material
Swedish armerad betong
- armerad betongbuilding material
Ukrainian залізобето́н
- залізобето́н (zalizobetón)building material
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APA
ferroconcrete. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferroconcrete
MLA
“ferroconcrete.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferroconcrete. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ferroconcrete,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferroconcrete.
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