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concrete  (concretes 3rd person present) (concreting present participle) (concreted past tense & past participle )
1  n-uncount Concrete is a substance used for building which is made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, and water. 
oft N n 
The posts have to be set in concrete..., They had lain on sleeping bags on the concrete floor.  
2  verb When you concrete something such as a path, you cover it with concrete. 
He merely cleared and concreted the floors.  V n 
3  adj You use concrete to indicate that something is definite and specific. 
usu ADJ n 
He had no concrete evidence..., I must have something to tell him. Something concrete.  
 concretely    adv oft ADV with cl 
...by way of making their point more concretely.  
4  adj A concrete object is a real, physical object. 
usu ADJ n 
...using concrete objects to teach addition and subtraction.  
5  adj A concrete noun is a noun that refers to a physical object rather than to a quality or idea. 
ADJ n  (Antonym: abstract)  
6 If a plan or idea is set in concrete or embedded in concrete, it is fixed and cannot be changed. 
set in concrete/embedded in concrete  phrase v-link PHR 
As Mr Blunkett emphasised, nothing is yet set in concrete.