reinforced concrete

noun

A building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength.

Meanings

nounreinforced concrete (countable and uncountable, plural reinforced concretes)

plural reinforced concretes

  1. countableuncountableA building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength.

    Synonyms: ferroconcrete

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength.

More synonyms by meaning

nounconcrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan formigó armat
  • formigó armatbuilding material
Chinese Mandarin 鋼筋混凝土 /钢筋混凝土
  • 鋼筋混凝土 /钢筋混凝土 (gāngjīn hùnníngtǔ)building material
Czech železobeton
  • železobetonbuilding material
Danish armeret beton, jernbeton
  • armeret betonbuilding material
  • jernbetonbuilding material
Dutch gewapend beton
  • gewapend betonbuilding material
Finnish teräsbetoni
  • teräsbetonibuilding material
French béton armé
  • béton armébuilding material
German Stahlbeton
  • Stahlbetonbuilding material
Greek οπλισμένο σκυρόδεμα
  • οπλισμένο σκυρόδεμα (oplisméno skyródema)building material
Hebrew בטון מזויין
  • בטון מזויין (beton mezuyan)building material
Hungarian vasbeton
  • vasbetonbuilding material
Indonesian beton bertulang
  • beton bertulangbuilding material
Irish coincréit threisithe
  • coincréit threisithebuilding material
Italian cemento armato
  • cemento armatobuilding material
Japanese 鉄筋コンクリート
  • 鉄筋コンクリート (tekkin-konkurīto)building material
Malay konkrit diperkukuhkan
  • konkrit diperkukuhkanbuilding material
Norwegian Bokmål armert betong
  • armert betongbuilding material
Persian بتن آرمه, بتن مسلح
  • بتن آرمه (beton-ârme)building material
  • بتن مسلح (beton-e mosallah)building material
Polish żelbet
  • żelbetbuilding material
Portuguese concreto reforçado, betão armado
  • concreto reforçadobuilding material
  • betão armadobuilding material
Romanian beton armat
  • beton armatbuilding material
Russian железобето́н
  • железобето́н (železobetón)building material
Slovak železobetón
  • železobetónbuilding material
Spanish hormigón armado
  • hormigón armadobuilding material
Swedish armerad betong
  • armerad betongbuilding material
Thai คอนกรีตเสริมแรง
  • คอนกรีตเสริมแรง (kɔɔn-grìit-sə̌əm-rɛɛng)building material
Turkish betonarme
  • betonarmebuilding material
Ukrainian залізобето́н
  • залізобето́н (zalizobetón)building material
Cite this entry
APA

reinforced concrete. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinforced%20concrete

MLA

“reinforced concrete.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinforced%20concrete. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reinforced concrete,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinforced%20concrete.

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