Definition of concrete

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con·crete    (kn-krt, kng-, knkrt, kng-) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular: had the concrete evidence needed to convict.
2. Existing in reality or in real experience; perceptible by the senses; real: concrete objects such as trees.
3. Formed by the coalescence of separate particles or parts into one mass; solid.
4. Made of hard, strong, conglomerate construction material.

NOUN:
(knkrt, kng-, kn-krt, kng-)

1. A hard, strong construction material consisting of sand, conglomerate gravel, pebbles, broken stone, or slag in a mortar or cement matrix.
2. A mass formed by the coalescence of particles.

VERB:
con·cret·ed, con·cret·ing, con·cretes (knkrt, kng-, kn-krt, kng-)
VERB:
tr.

1. To build, treat, or cover with hard, strong conglomerate construction material.
2. To form into a mass by coalescence or cohesion of particles or parts.

VERB:
intr.

To harden; solidify.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English concret, from Latin concrtus, past participle of concrscere, to grow together, harden : com-, com- + crscere, to grow; see ker-² in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
con·cretely(Adverb), con·creteness(Noun)