adhesive
pronunciation
How to pronounce adhesive in British English:
UK [ədˈhiːsɪv]
How to pronounce adhesive in American English:
US [ədˈhiːsɪv]
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- Noun:
- a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
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- Adjective:
- tending to adhere
Word Origin
- adhesive (adj.)
- 1660s, from French adhésif, formed in French from Latin adhaes-, past participle stem of adhaere (see adherent (adj.)).
- adhesive (n.)
- 1881, from adhesive (adj.). Originally of postage stamps (adhesive stamp is attested from 1840). Of substances that cause to adhere by 1900.
Example
- 1. Adhesive plastic molds and red goo give some zombies gaping wounds .
- 2. Did you know that garlic juice is a natural adhesive ?
- 3. A bathypelagic ctenophore from the benthic boundary layer , which was found attached to seafloor by adhesive tentacles
- 4. In order to get paid at the end of the day , women must wear the advert , which comes in the form of a temporary adhesive , for at least eight hours .
- 5. To create nonsticky adhesive materials geckos showed the way to van der waals force the sum total of attracting or repelling forces between molecules .