About The Word Adhesive
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Adhesive
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What's The Definition Of Adhesive?
[n] a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
[adj] tending to adhere Synonyms | Synonyms for Adhesive: adherent | adhesive material | agglutinate | agglutinative | bondable | coherent | cohesive | gluey | glutinous | gooey | gummed | gummy | icky | mucilaginous | pasty | pitchy | resinous | resiny | self-sealing | stick-on | sticky | tarry | tenacious | viscid | viscous Related Terms | Find terms related to Adhesive: adherent | affixation | amylaceous | annexation | attachment | barnacle | binding | birdlime | bond | bramble | brier | bulldog | bulldogged | bulldoggish | bulldoggy | bullheaded | burr | cement | clabbered | clammy | clasping | clingy | clotted | coagulated | curdled | decal | decalcomania | doughy | fastener | fastening | fish glue | gaumy | gelatinous | girding | glairy | glue | gluelike | gluey | gluten | glutenous | glutinose | glutinous | gooey | grumous | gum | gumbo | gumbolike | gumlike | gummous | gummy | gunk | heavy | hooking | inspissated | jelled | jellied | jellylike | knot | lashing | leech | library paste | ligation | lime | limpet | lute | mastic | molasses | mucilage | mucilaginous | obstinate | paste | pasty | persistent | plaster | prickle | putty | remora | ropy | rubber cement | sealing wax | self-adhesive | size | slabby | slimy | slithery | solder | splice | starchy | stickable | sticker | sticking | sticky | stodgy | stringy | stubborn | syrup | syrupy | tacky | tenacious | thick | thickened | thorn | tieing | tough | tremelloid | tremellose | viscid | viscose | viscous | wafer | zipping See Also | binder | birdlime | cement | epoxy | epoxy glue | epoxy resin | library paste | lime | material | paste | rubber cement | spirit gum | stuff Adhesive In Webster's Dictionary \Ad*he"sive\, a. [Cf. F. adh['e]sif.]
1. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. --Thomson.
{Adhesive attraction}. (Physics) See {Attraction}.
{Adhesive inflammation} (Surg.), that kind of inflammation
which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without
suppuration.
{Adhesive plaster}, a sticking; a plaster containing resin,
wax, litharge, and olive oil.
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