ferro-concreten.adj.
/ˌfɛrə(ʊ)ˈkɒŋkriːt/, U.S. /ˌfɛroʊˈkɑnˌkrit/ A. n.
Concrete with steel bars or network embedded in it to increase its tensile strength; = reinforced concrete n. at reinforced adj. Compounds.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > concrete > [noun] > types of
tabby1802
beton1813
granolithic1881
reinforced concrete1891
ferro-concrete1896
armoured concrete1898
re-enforced concrete1902
breeze-concrete1930
mass concrete1930
Siporex1938
grano1940
shell concrete1949
no-fines1960
1896 Catal. Sci. Publ. 11 in G. W. Patterson & M. R. Patterson tr. A. Palaz Treat. Industr. Photometry (ed. 2) Davis, C. and B. F. Bell. Ferro-Concrete; Its Varieties and Applications in Modern Construction. 8vo. cloth, illustrated. In Press.
1904 C. F. Marsh Reinforced Concrete 1 The combination of iron and concrete for building..called armoured concrete, ferro-concrete, concrete-steel, and reinforced concrete.
1957 London Mag. Feb. 73 Their poems are integrated constructions that look like towers of ferro-concrete.
1991 T. Horwitz Baghdad without Map xvii. 261 The track was a pleasing ocher, the field a soothing splash of green amid miles of ferroconcrete.
2008 Church Times 19 Dec. 5/4 He funded the building of Goldthorpe Church in 1916. Grade II-listed, it was the first church built in ferro-concrete.
B. adj.
Consisting or constructed of ferro-concrete.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > concrete > [adjective] > (made of) types of concrete
lean1726
monolithic1874
granolithic1881
ferro-concrete1901
vibrated1930
prestressed1936
no-fines1946
post-stretched1946
post-tensioned1950
slipformed1968
1901 W. Willocks Nile Reservoir Dam at Assuân 28 (heading) Translation of a note written by M. Hennebique, and attached to the ferro-concrete dam designed by him.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 13 Aug. 8/1 A promenade deck with ferro-concrete floor.
1939 P. G. Chadwick Death Guard ii. 66 They're not brick, Manders: they're ferro-concrete with matt faience facings.
1974 R. Swale Children of Cape Horn (1975) xviii. 149 An enormous rudder was lowered into place at the stern of a splendid ferro-concrete boat.
2002 P. Finch Real Cardiff 109 A few irregular bumps in the turf and a set of completely wrecked ferro-concrete park benches marking the outer limits are all now that remain.
Derivatives
ferro-conˈcretor n. [ < ferro- comb. form + concretor, variant of concreter n., after ferro-concrete n.] rare a person who works with ferro-concrete.
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1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §579 Ferro-concretor tips, pours, or shovels wet concrete,..brought to his machine mixed, into wooden casings or moulds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1896