concrete foundation

collocation in English

meaningsofconcreteandfoundation

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concrete
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒŋ.kriːt/us
/ˈkɑːn.kriːt/
clear and certain, or real and existing in a form that can be seen ...
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foundation
noun
uk
/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən/us
/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən/
an occasion when an organization, state, etc. ...
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(Definition ofconcreteandfoundationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It will probably be a low-tech hybrid of aconcretefoundation, blockwork walls and timber roof panels.
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Once the new situation permits recognition of an authority, it provides the groundwork for a jurisprudence-theconcretefoundationfor a substantive form.
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As an example from structural engineering, a constraint may be added to maintain that a steel-base plate be added whenever a steel column is connected to aconcretefoundation.
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It is founded on a large cellularconcretefoundationwhich is wholly and entirely a piece of civil engineering construction.
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The sides were constructed of railway sleepers and there was aconcretefoundation.
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The building is timber-framed on a brick andconcretefoundation.
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It was realised that we had to build houses with some sort ofconcretefoundationand reinforcement, although it would add to the cost of the houses.
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In other cases, where there should be aconcretefoundationof seven inches, there is only a decorative fringe round the house and no concrete foundation at all.
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Do we not now need a court of inquiry as aconcretefoundationupon which reasonable men on both sides can try to create a reasonable settlement?
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The marble was cut into three-inch-thick panels and arranged over theconcretefoundation, with darker blocks at the bottom and lighter blocks on top.
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It is built of variegated brick over cinder block with a steel frame and a reinforcedconcretefoundation.
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The log structure is roofed with wood shingles and rests on aconcretefoundation.
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It was built between 1928 and 1930, and is a one-story, rectangular brick building with aconcretefoundation, brick walls and deck-on-hip roof.
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It is suspended by steel cable with a reinforcedconcretefoundation.
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The structure is 2-1/2 stories on a pouredconcretefoundationwith a wood frame superstructure.
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The shorter front section, with the retail space and theater entrance, is a two-story brick structure on a pouredconcretefoundation.
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It is a one-story house resting on a raisedconcretefoundation.
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The mill features a masonry bearing-wall style of construction, aconcretefoundationconsidered novel at the time, and well-crafted masonry and woodwork.
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It is a one-story, wood-frame building with aconcretefoundation.
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The tower's circularconcretefoundationhas a diameter of 30 m.
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