bonded

[bon-did]

adjective

1. secured by or consisting of bonds: bond.

   bonded debt.

2. placed in bond.

   bonded goods.

3. Textiles.,  made of two layers of the same fabric or of a fabric and a lining material attached to each other by a chemical process or adhesive.

   bonded wool.

bonded

/ ˈbɒndɪd /

adjective

1. finance consisting of, secured by, or operating under a bond or bonds

2. commerce deposited in a bonded warehouse; placed or stored in bond

Other Word Forms

• unbonded adjective
• well-bonded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bonded¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; bond ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Having lived through the same time frame, they immediately bonded.

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Agnes’ mother never bonded with her daughter and showed her little attention except to object to her daughter’s clear intelligence and closeness with her nursemaid.

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I have remote colleagues I have never met, but we have bonded by exchanging stories about the dogs who appear in the background of our video calls.

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My daughter and I have really bonded over miniature golf, and that’s sort of our little thing.

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I’d been friendly with the group before, but now we were bonded for keeps.

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