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hydraulic cement

noun

  1. cement that can solidify under water.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hydraulic cement1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

For holes where water seeps through, you need a different plugging product: hydraulic cement, which expands in place as it becomes moist.

Rock boulders found on the shoreline, and held together with hydraulic cement, are used to create artificial reef structures.

The estimate includes cleaning the rusted metal out of the brick, priming and painting the new pieces and anchoring them in the holes with hydraulic cement.

The walls and bottoms forming the reservoir, are built with brick, and plastered with hydraulic cement.

When burnt and ground, and mixed with a due proportion of silicious sand, it has been found to make a most superior kind of hydraulic cement or water lime.

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