adhesive
adjective
coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance.
adhesives
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pluralof adhesive.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The German consumer-goods group, which produces adhesives, haircare lines, and laundry products, booked 4.7% organic sales growth over the April-June period, picking up pace from the year’s first quarter and beating analysts’ estimates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
One solution has been to develop water soluble adhesives, external.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
He said adhesives and other raw materials used in making shoes had fuelled the fire.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Many of those operations used petrochemical products and solvents such as resins, adhesives and acrylic compounds like methyl methacrylate, the chemical at the center of the Orange County crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
The Confederation adhesives were current from 1868 to 1871—that is, until the German Empire sprang into being.
From Peeps at Postage Stamps by Stanley Currie Johnson
