pouring concrete

collocation in English

meaningsofpourandconcrete

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pour
verb
uk
/pɔːr/us
/pɔːr/
to make a substance flow from a container, especially into another container, by raising just one side of the container that the substance ...
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concrete
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒŋ.kriːt/us
/ˈkɑːn.kriːt/
a very hard building material made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, ...
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(Definition ofpourandconcretefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These building techniques were not isolated topouringconcrete, but were and are widely used in masonry.
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For three years, thousands of men labored building the dam's massive abutments,pouringconcreteinto large modular blocks 50 ft square and 5 ft deep.
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The front stage apron, in front of the proscenium was extended by filling (pouringconcrete) into the original orchestra pit.
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As legend goes, the work had progressed up to the point when the workers werepouringconcreteinto wooden frames.
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The elevator was built bypouringconcreteinto wooden forms braced by steel hoops.
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Emerged to try to solve the problems that formwork andpouringconcretehad their counterparts.
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This involved a massive conversion of the theater, includingpouringconcreteramps into the seating area.
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Reports included workers installing the wrong size of rebar, installing it in the wrong location, rebar being missing, andpouringconcretein weather that was too wet or too cold.
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He was convicted of five offenses, including blowing up one well, vandalizing another bypouringconcrete into it, and counseling an undercover police officer to buy dynamite.
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Construction on the dam includedpouringconcreteinto blocks measuring 5by50 ft and incorporating a 275ft m wide uncontrolled ogee-type spillway on the dam's downstream face.
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