Portland cement

See also: portland cement

English

Alternative forms

• portland cement

Etymology

From its resemblance to limestone from Portland in Dorset.

Noun

Portland cement (countable and uncountable, plural Portland cements)

1. A finely-ground powder made by heating and pulverizing limestone and clay.
   • 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “Building a greener future”, in RAIL, number 999, page 36:

     Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is the world's most common form of cement. The blue plaque dedicated to inventor Joseph Aspdin describes OPC as "one of mankind's most important manufactured materials".

Hypernyms

• cement

 

Coordinate terms

• concrete
• hydraulic lime
• mortar

 

Derived terms

• OPC
• ordinary Portland cement
• PC
• white Portland cement

 

Related terms

• Roman cement

 

Translations

cement made by heating and pulverizing limestone and clay

• Catalan: pòrtland (ca) m
• Portuguese: cimento Portland m