Hempcrete is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Hempcrete in a sentence
Hempcrete meaning
A mixture of hemp shives and lime (possibly including sand, pozzolans, or cement) used as a material for construction and insulation.
Using Hempcrete
- The main meaning on this page is: A mixture of hemp shives and lime (possibly including sand, pozzolans, or cement) used as a material for construction and insulation.
Context around Hempcrete
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hempcrete
- In this selection, "hempcrete" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, material, concrete and cannot stand out and add context to how "hempcrete" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include building material hempcrete and animal and hempcrete is lightweight. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hempcrete" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hempcrete
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hempcrete is lightweight, absorbs carbon as it cures and can efficiently regulate temperature. (13 words)
Workshop attendees learn how to mix hemp hurd, lime and water to make hempcrete, a sustainable building material. (18 words)
Hemp is a remarkable plant; different varieties of it can be used to make clothing, plastic, building material (Hempcrete) and animal bedding, among other uses. (25 words)
More like drywall than concrete, hempcrete cannot be used for a foundation or structure; it is an insulation that needs to breathe, said Joy Beckerman, a hemp law specialist and vice president of the Hemp Industries Association, a trade group. (40 words)
Six households have moved in and another 26 houses are being built, including Parris’s own house of hempcrete (a composite of hemp hurd and lime which acts as a carbon sink). (32 words)
Hemp is a remarkable plant; different varieties of it can be used to make clothing, plastic, building material (Hempcrete) and animal bedding, among other uses. (25 words)
Example sentences (5)
Hemp is a remarkable plant; different varieties of it can be used to make clothing, plastic, building material (Hempcrete) and animal bedding, among other uses.
Hempcrete is lightweight, absorbs carbon as it cures and can efficiently regulate temperature.
Workshop attendees learn how to mix hemp hurd, lime and water to make hempcrete, a sustainable building material.
Six households have moved in and another 26 houses are being built, including Parris’s own house of hempcrete (a composite of hemp hurd and lime which acts as a carbon sink).
More like drywall than concrete, hempcrete cannot be used for a foundation or structure; it is an insulation that needs to breathe, said Joy Beckerman, a hemp law specialist and vice president of the Hemp Industries Association, a trade group.