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Synonyms for gum

Grammar : Noun
Spell : guhm
Phonetic Transcription : gÊŒm

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Définition of gum

Origin :
  • "resin," c.1300, from Old French gome "(medicinal) gum, resin," from Late Latin gumma, from Latin gummi, from Greek kommi "gum," from Egyptian kemai. As a shortened form of chewing gum, first attested 1842 in American English. The gum tree (1670s) was so called for the resin it exudes.
  • noun sticky substance
Example sentences :
  • With pitch, gum, or grease, they covered up the cracks or seams.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • Here is a piece of gum benzoin, the substance from which Friar's balsam is made.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 417 » by Various
  • Dissolve the gum and honey in it, and strain it through muslin.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Then, so an English writer tells us, a use was found for the gum—and a name.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
  • For marbling books or paper, dissolve four ounces of gum arabac in two quarts of water, and pour it into a broad vessel.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • The water had softened the gum, and the envelope had opened.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • The state of the alveoli and the teeth, shows that the molars had not yet pierced the gum.
  • Extract from : « On Some Fossil Remains of Man » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • The substances utilised for this purpose are fragments of wood and of gum.
  • Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
  • A roll of paper under the upper lip, between it and the gum, will also help.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • Say, you could have slipped me into the penny slot of a gum machine.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

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