reinforced concrete

noun

1. concrete containing steel bars, strands, mesh, etc., to absorb tensile and shearing stresses.

reinforced concrete

noun

1. concrete with steel bars, mesh, etc, embedded in it to enable it to withstand tensile and shear stresses

Word History and Origins

Origin of reinforced concrete¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

If you are fleeing from a tsunami and no such havens are available, try to find a sturdy, reinforced concrete building.

From Popular-Science

Irma had destroyed the main cottage but they rebuilt with steel beams and reinforced concrete, and the endless views of the Caribbean, especially with a cocktail at sunset from their infinity pool, were as stunning as ever.

From Washington Post

In the fields: numerous small forts of reinforced concrete, which commanded all the roads into Lille.

From Project Gutenberg

They are about 10 feet high and are built of reinforced concrete, with huge cast-iron blocks upon their upstream faces.

From Project Gutenberg

These were formed of walls of reinforced concrete five feet thick, with loopholes through which machine-guns could fire.

From Project Gutenberg

Others again have iron bars run through the mass--reinforced concrete.

From Project Gutenberg

These viaducts consist of 50-foot reinforced concrete arch spans and piers, with here and there a 60-foot span.

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