Word Meanings - CONCRETION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in beds of clay. (more info) 1. The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of

Additional info about word: CONCRETION

A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in beds of clay. (more info) 1. The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification. 2. A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc.; a clot; a lump; a calculus. Accidental ossifications or deposits of phosphates of lime in certain organs . . . are called osseous concretions. Dunglison.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CONCRETION)

• Mass
• Lump
• body
• bulk
• concretion
• magnitude
• majority
• heap

Related words: (words related to CONCRETION)

• CONCRETIONARY
  Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions.
• CONCRETIONAL
  Concretionary.
• MAGNITUDE
  That which has one or more of the three dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness. 3. Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time, weight, force, and the like. 4. Greatness; grandeur. "With plain, heroic magnitude of mind." Milton.
• MAJORITY
  Ancestors; ancestry. 4. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as,
• CONCRETION
  A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in beds of clay. (more info) 1. The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of