Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON'CRETE
CON'CRETE, n.
- A compound; a mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body. Gold is a porous concrete. – Bentley.
- In philosophy, a mass or compound body, made up of different ingredients; a mixed body or mass. Soap is a factitious concrete. – Encyc.
- In logic, a concrete term; a term that includes both the quality and the subject in which it exists; as, nigrum, a black thing. – Ainsworth.
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