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ferro-concrete
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ferro-concrete, n.
Concrete strengthened by a core or foundation skeleton of iron or steel bars, strips, etc. Floors, columns, piles, water pipes, etc., have been successfully made of it. Called also armored concrete steel , and most commonly reenforced concrete . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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