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Portland cement
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portland cement
English
Alternative forms
en portland cement
Etymology
en terms derived from toponyms From its resemblance to en limestone from en Portland in Dorset.
Noun
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A finely-ground powder made by heating and pulverizing en limestone and en clay.
en 2023 December 27 Richard Foster Building a greener future RAIL 999 36 Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is the world's most common form of cement. The blue plaque dedicated to inventor Joseph Aspdin describes OPC as "one of mankind's most important manufactured materials".
Hypernyms
en cement
Coordinate terms
en hydraulic lime mortar concrete
Derived terms
en PC OPC ordinary Portland cement white Portland cement WOPC
Related terms
en Roman cement
Translations
cement made by heating and pulverizing limestone and clay
Catalan: ca pòrtland m
Portuguese: pt cimento Portland m