Synonyms for adhesive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ad-hee-siv, -ziv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ædˈhi sɪv, -zɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for adhesive Other synonyms for the word adhesive
Définition of adhesive
Origin :- 1660s, from French adhésif, formed in French from Latin adhaes-, past participle stem of adhaere (see adherent).
- adj sticking
- This was an adhesive, and used some years after stamps were in use.
- Extract from : « The Stamps of Canada » by Bertram Poole
- I was informed that Decaisne has written a paper on these adhesive threads.
- Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II » by Charles Darwin
- Utilised because of adhesive qualities for throwing at a target as darts.
- Extract from : « Norman Ten Hundred » by A. Stanley Blicq
- Adhesive is the scientific, sticking or sticky the popular word.
- Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
- The stiff, wet clay, adhesive to the foot, impeded progress.
- Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
- An adhesive plaster is in popular language a sticking-plaster.
- Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
- Do not let the most adhesive of food betray you into this most disagreeable of habits.
- Extract from : « Social Life » by Maud C. Cooke
- There are two bottles of medium, one adhesive and one preservative.
- Extract from : « Little Folks » by Various
- The eggs are small, about twenty to the inch, and are adhesive.
- Extract from : « Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others » by James Alexander Henshall
- Touch the web and it adheres to the finger, but all its lines are not adhesive.
- Extract from : « Spiders » by Cecil Warburton
Antonyms for adhesive
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