sandcrete

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noun

A yellow-white construction material made from a binder (typically Portland cement), sand, and water.

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nounsandcrete (usually uncountable, plural sandcretes)

plural sandcretes

  1. uncountableusuallyA yellow-white construction material made from a binder (typically Portland cement), sand, and water.

    In the more important towns in the Colony, concrete block or sandcrete houses are the rule; in rural areas and in all but the more important towns in Ashanti solid "swish" or mud or pise de terre is the material used.

    1937, The Gold Coast Handbook, West Africa Publicity, →OCLC, page 135

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