snow-crete

noun

A bright white Portland cement used in decorative cast concrete, in mortar for bricks, etc.

Meanings

nounsnow-crete (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA bright white Portland cement used in decorative cast concrete, in mortar for bricks, etc.

    The house was newly built. It was of snow-crete, heavily curved, with a big expanse of window.

    1976, Agatha Christie, Sleeping Murder, chapter 21, II
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