Portland cement
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See also: portland cement
English
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[edit]From its resemblance to limestone from Portland in Dorset.
Noun
[edit]Portland cement (countable and uncountable, plural Portland cements)
- 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".
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[edit]cement made by heating and pulverizing limestone and clay
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