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reinforced concrete
noun
- concrete containing steel bars, strands, mesh, etc., to absorb tensile and shearing stresses.
reinforced concrete
noun
- concrete with steel bars, mesh, etc, embedded in it to enable it to withstand tensile and shear stresses
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reinforced concrete1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
In the fields: numerous small forts of reinforced concrete, which commanded all the roads into Lille.
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They are about 10 feet high and are built of reinforced concrete, with huge cast-iron blocks upon their upstream faces.
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These were formed of walls of reinforced concrete five feet thick, with loopholes through which machine-guns could fire.
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Others again have iron bars run through the mass--reinforced concrete.
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These viaducts consist of 50-foot reinforced concrete arch spans and piers, with here and there a 60-foot span.
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