béton
French → English
(material) Concrete: a hard building material made from a mixture of broken stone or gravel, sand, cement, and water
Les ouvriers coulent le béton pour les fondations du nouvel immeuble.
(English) The workers are pouring the concrete for the foundations of the new building.
Le barrage est une immense structure de béton qui retient l'eau du lac.
(English) The dam is an immense concrete structure that holds back the lake water.
(figurative) Solid/Ironclad: very strong, reliable, or difficult to dispute
L'avocat a préparé un dossier en béton pour défendre son client.
(English) The lawyer prepared an ironclad file to defend his client.
Ce contrat est du béton, aucune clause ne peut être contestée.
(English) This contract is solid; no clause can be contested.
Entry ID: fr:en:béton · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary