cement

Naija

Etymology

From: English cement

Pronunciation

• sìmɛ̂nt

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 5
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1139
• Frequency in raw corpus: 26
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4627

Noun

Wetin be like powder wey dey strong wen e dry, wey dey dey use build house.

1. Just carry dem, mix cement, carry gravel, just start dey build o,  — (ABJ_INF_11_Land_M__11, He just brought them here, they mixed cement, added gravel, and they just started building.)

   SEYLLOU/Getty Images Dangote Cement, na di producer of cement for Africa  — (bbc__86264, __no translation__)

   But now, if you no bring goat, twenty bags of eh... cement, eh... twenty bags of eh... salt, rice, everyting!  — (KAD_15_Money-Wahala_MG__17, But nowadays, if you don't bring a goat, twenty bags of uh... cement, uh... twenty bags of uh... salt, rice, everything!)

Translations

• English: cement

Verb

cement: apply cement, coat -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Make una cement the floor quick quick.  — (You should cement the floor quickly.)

Synonyms

• necklace 0.80 7, coal 0.78 18, swap 0.77 6, horn 0.76 49, ocean 0.76 50, lean 0.75 10, scent 0.75 13, shares 0.75 31, controlled 0.74 14

Antonyms

• necklace 0.80 7, coal 0.78 18, swap 0.77 6, horn 0.76 49, ocean 0.76 50, lean 0.75 10, scent 0.75 13, shares 0.75 31, controlled 0.74 14

Translations

• English: apply cement, coat