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cement |
Cement is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar.
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glass |
Glass is a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure.
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marble |
Marble is a hard crystalline metamorphic rock used for sculpture and as building material.
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plaster |
Plaster is a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water that hardens into a smooth solid, and is used to cover walls and ceilings.
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slate |
Slate is a a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers.
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brick |
A brick is rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln and used as a building or paving material.
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sand |
Sand is a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
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mortar |
A mortar is mixture of lime with cement, sand, and water, used in building to bond bricks or stones.
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wood |
Wood is the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees.
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bamboo |
Bamboo is the hard woody stems of bamboo plants that are used in construction and crafts and fishing poles.
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stone |
Stone is a building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose.
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straw |
Straw is a material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
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mud |
Mud is soil that has been soaked with water.
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