cement
/sɪˈmɛnt/
US pronunciation
American sound/sɪˈmɛnt/
sɪˈmɛnt
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
sɪ - ˈmɛnt -> cement
Myanmar meaning
(n) ဘိလပ်မြေ။ (v) အင်္ဂတေကိုင်သည်။ (ကော်ဖြင့်)ကပ်သည်။ ခိုင်မာစေသည်။
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၁။ ဘိလပ်မြေ။
Compare concrete n ❍ mortar1
၂။ (က) ကျွဲကော်။
Compare adhesive n , glue
(ခ) သွားပေါက် ဖာသောကော်။
v
၁။ ~ sth (over)/ ~ (over) sth အင်္ဂတေကိုင်သည်။
They cemented over their front garden.
၂။ ~ A and B (together) (ကော်ဖြင့်)ကပ်သည်။ Cement the two halves of the model together. ❍ He cemented the bricks into place.
၃။ ခိုင်မာစေသည်။
cement a friendship.
❏ cement-mixer n = concrete mixer
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Synonyms
strengthen, bolster, reinforce, make stronger, prop up, fortify, buttress, adhesive, attach securely, bind, binder, binding material, birdlime, blend, bond, cohere, combine, concrete, connect, epoxy, epoxy resin, fasten, fasten together, fix, fuse, glue, gluing, grout, gum, gunk, join, lime, lute, merge, mortar, mucilage, mud, paste, plaster, putty, rubber cement, sand, seal, sealant, size, solder, stick, stick together, stickum, tar, unite, weld
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