Main Entry: ¹con·crete

Pronunciation: \(ˌ)kän-ˈkrēt, ˈkän-ˌ, kən-ˈ\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin concretus, from past participle of concrescere

Date: 14th century

1 : naming a real thing or class of things <the word poem is concrete, poetry is abstract>
2 : formed by coalition of particles into one solid mass
3 a : characterized by or belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events b : specific, particular <a concrete proposal> c : real, tangible <concrete evidence>
4 : relating to or made of concrete <a concrete wall>

— con·crete·ly adverb

— con·crete·ness noun