English Explanatory Dictionary

Keene's cement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of plaster which sets white, made from gypsum with alum.

Word forms

Keene's cement

Etymology

Named after Richard Wynn Keene, who first patented it in 1838.

Synonyms

Martin's cement Parian cement
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