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Definition of "reinforced concrete" [re•in•forced con•crete]

  • Poured concrete containing steel bars or metal netting to increase its tensile strength. Also called ferroconcrete. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "reinforced concrete" in a sentence
  • "There were swimming pools, barbershops, and fine restaurants; the reinforced concrete walls were covered by tapestries and paintings; and everything had been done to disguise the fact that it was, at bottom, a bomb shelter."
  • "On the outskirts of Bippus, in a two-story reinforced concrete block building set back a few yards from his home, John Nixon ran a small company called Athena Research & Consulting."
  • ""Look out!" someone shouted and everyone ran for cpver as a huge lump of reinforced concrete came crashing down from the mutilated top stories of Sinclair Towers."
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