reinforced concrete
noun
: concrete in which metal (such as steel) is embedded so that the two materials act together in resisting forces
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Traditionally, fortresses have relied on walls of rock, and later reinforced concrete, to protect those sheltering inside from archers, catapults, and eventually heavy siege guns.
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Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2023
An Israeli Air Force official, who briefed reporters on Monday on the condition of anonymity, in line with military rules, said that reinforced concrete tunnels ran for hundreds of miles inside Gaza.
—New York Times, 17 May 2021
One culvert is reinforced concrete pipe, while the culvert with sandstone walls has a concrete base and top.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 17 Jan. 2023
In the 1840s Joseph-Louis Lambot invented ferro-cement, a precursor to reinforced concrete, and made a concrete boat that was eventually pulled out of the pond here and now resides in a museum in Brignoles.
—Kathleen Baird-Murray, Allure, 21 Sep. 2022
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Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2023
An Israeli Air Force official, who briefed reporters on Monday on the condition of anonymity, in line with military rules, said that reinforced concrete tunnels ran for hundreds of miles inside Gaza.
—New York Times, 17 May 2021
One culvert is reinforced concrete pipe, while the culvert with sandstone walls has a concrete base and top.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 17 Jan. 2023
In the 1840s Joseph-Louis Lambot invented ferro-cement, a precursor to reinforced concrete, and made a concrete boat that was eventually pulled out of the pond here and now resides in a museum in Brignoles.
—Kathleen Baird-Murray, Allure, 21 Sep. 2022
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“Reinforced concrete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reinforced%20concrete. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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