Meaning of ADHESIVE
Pronunciation: | | ad'heesiv
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
- [adj] tending to adhere
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ADHESIVE is a 8 letter word that starts with A. |
| Synonyms: | | 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 |
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| Antonyms: | | nonadhesive | |
| See Also: | | binder, birdlime, cement, epoxy, epoxy glue, epoxy resin, library paste, lime, material, paste, rubber cement, spirit gum, stuff | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \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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Thesaurus Terms |
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| Related Terms: | | 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 |
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