Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
Portland cement
noun · first attested 19th century
The cement is named for the stone it was said to resemble.
The common hydraulic cement used in concrete.
Isle of Portland·United Kingdom
50.5500°N -2.4400°W · Q774215
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- Named for a product of the place
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- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Isle of Portland
- In English
Portland cement
Joseph Aspdin patented it in 1824 and named it for Portland stone, quarried on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, whose colour the set cement recalls.
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