Any glutinous or other substance capable of uniting bodies in close cohesion, as mortar, glue, soderIn building, cement denotes a stronger kind of mortar than that which is ordinarily used.

Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.

Powders or pastes, surrounding bodies in pots and crucibles, for chimical purposes.

To unite by the application of glutinous substances, by mortar which hardens, or other matter that produces cohesion of bodies.

To unite firmly or closely; as, to cement all parts of the community; to cement friendship.

To unite or become solid; to unite and cohere.