reinforced concrete
noun
concrete containing steel bars, strands, mesh, etc., to absorb tensile and shearing stresses.
Origin of reinforced concrete
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby reinforced concrete
reinecke,
reiner,
reinfect,
reinfection,
reinforce,
reinforced concrete,
reinforced plastic,
reinforcement,
reinforcement therapy,
reinforcer,
reinhardt
Example sentences from the Web for reinforced concrete
Your best protection is an underground shelter or cave, or a substantial steel-framed or reinforced-concrete building.
In Time Of Emergency |Department of DefenseFlags covered alike the stone and reinforced-concrete houses of business, and the brick and wooden residences.
Down Under With the Prince |Everard Cotes
British Dictionary definitions for reinforced concrete
reinforced concrete
noun
concrete with steel bars, mesh, etc, embedded in it to enable it to withstand tensile and shear stresses