cementitious

English

Etymology

From Latin caementitius (“pertaining to quarry stones”). See cement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛmɛnˈtɪʃəs/, /ˌsɛmənˈtɪʃəs/

Adjective

cementitious (comparative more cementitious, superlative most cementitious)

1. Resembling or having some properties of cement.
   • 2021 April 25, Sarah McCutcheon, “Fresh calls to repair 200 year-old Limerick church”, in Limerick Leader‎^[1]:

     In the course of (2014 repair) works it was discovered that inappropriate cementitious repairs had been carried out historically on the top of the tower inside the parapet wall at the base of the steeple.

   • 1806, Robert Forsyth, The Beauties of Scotland:

     This decomposition is owing to the action of the atmosphere , sun , and rain , that alters the cementitious or stiff matter in the different earthy particles . The cementitious matter is chiefly sulphureous or aluminous