(n.) Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other,
as mortar, glue, etc.
(n.) A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay
and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.
(n.) The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.
(n.) Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in
friendship, or men in society.
(n.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth;
-- called also cementum.
(n.) To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.
(n.) To unite firmly or closely.
(n.) To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar
bottom.
(v. i.) To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.
