concrete

Definition

Real, actual, tangible.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin concrētus, past participle of concrescō (to curdle) from con- (with, together) + crescō (to grow, rise).

Example Sentences

• "Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that Bigfoot exists."
• "Once arrested, I realized that handcuffs are concrete, even if my concept of what is legal wasn't."
• "l am perplexed by the superior importance which Dr, Pratt attributes to abstract trueness over concrete verifiability in an idea, and I wish that he might be moved to explain."