Cement definition

Cement means a building material that is produced by heating mixtures of limestone and other minerals or additives at high temperatures in a rotary kiln to form clinker, followed by cooling and grinding with blended additives. Finished cement is a powder used with water, sand, and gravel to make concrete and mortar.
Cement means any form of cement or lime manufactured from calcareous material whether or not any other substance or mineral is added or used in the manufacture of such cement or lime;
Cement means, for the purposes of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217, Subpart T, a hydraulic cement produced by pulverizing clinker consisting primarily of hydraulic calcium silicates, usually containing one or more of the forms of calcium sulfate as an interground addition.

Examples of Cement in a sentence

  • Cement issued to the contractor or procured by the contractor will be in gunny bags/paper bags/polythene bags.

  • Cement shall be measured by weight and in whole bags, and each undisturbed and sealed 50 kg.

  • The weight of ordinary Portland Cement shall be taken as 1440 kg.

  • Cement shall comply in every respect with the requirements of the latest publications of IS: 269 and unless otherwise specified ordinary Portland Cement shall be used.

  • Cement shall be stored in weather-proof shed with raised wooden plank flooring to prevent deterioration by dampness or intrusion of foreign matter.


More Definitions of Cement

Cement means hydraulic cement properly mixed with water.
Cement means any type of bulk or bagged grey cement, including cement clinker;
Cement. – means all petroleum industry cements meeting the requirements set forth in "Specifications for Oil Well Cements and Cement Additives", API Standard 10A, January 1974, published by the American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, Northwest, Washington DC 20005 (this incorporation does not include any later publications or editions), except as provided in Subpart K.
Cement means a neat Portland or construction cement mixture of not more than seven gallons of water per 94 pound sack of dry cement, or cement slurry which contains bentonite, gypsum, or similar approved additives. [Amended June 12, 2012]
Cement is an adhesive solution to hold new materials in place prior to the curing process.
Cement means a class A or H neat cement with a minimum weight of 14.5 pounds per gallon, unless the cement contains additives which improve the ability of the cement to provide necessary protection and which maintains a minimum compressive strength of 500 PSI after 72 hours.
Cement means a hydraulic binder used for construction purposes as described in NAMS/EN 197-1;