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glue

  • noun
  • /ɡluː/

A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.

Other meanings

  1. Anything that binds two things or people together.

  2. A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants.

Synonyms

  • gum

A kind of

  • cement

Kinds of glue

  • animal glue
  • fish glue
  • marine glue

Related words

  • bee glue
  • beglue
  • crazy glue
  • desert glue
  • englue
  • glue factory
  • fish glue
  • flesh glue
  • glueball
  • glueboard
  • glue boiler
  • glue cell

Example sentences

  • “Trust is the glue that binds society.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “The boards are held together using only wood glue.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Latin "glūten".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “glue” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.