ADHESIVE AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adhesive agent mean? 

• ADHESIVE AGENT (noun)
  The noun ADHESIVE AGENT has 1 sense:

1. a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together

  Familiarity information: ADHESIVE AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADHESIVE AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A substance that unites or bonds surfaces together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

adhesive; adhesive agent; adhesive material

Hypernyms ("adhesive agent" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Meronyms (substance of "adhesive agent"):

epoxy; epoxy glue; epoxy resin (a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adhesive agent"):

birdlime; lime (a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds)

spirit gum (an adhesive solution made of gum and ether and used to attach false hair to skin)

binder (something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface)

cement (something that hardens to act as adhesive material)

library paste; paste (an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard)

rubber cement (an adhesive made by dissolving unvulcanized rubber in a solvent like benzene or naphtha)