Synonyms of the word mucilage


MUCILAGECEMENT - GLUE - GUM

mucilage

  • n. A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.

cement

  • n. (countable, uncountable) A powdered substance that develops strong adhesive properties when mixed with…
  • n. (uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like…
  • n. (uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive properties.
  • n. (figuratively) A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
  • n. (anatomy) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
  • v. (transitive) To affix with cement.
  • v. (transitive) To overlay or coat with cement.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To unite firmly or closely.
  • v. (figuratively) To make permanent.

glue

  • n. A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive…
  • n. (obsolete) Birdlime.
  • v. (transitive) To join or attach something using glue.
  • v. (transitive) To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.

gum

  • n. (often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.
  • v. To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
  • v. (transitive) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
  • n. (chiefly uncountable) Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.
  • n. (chiefly uncountable) Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
  • n. (chiefly uncountable) Chewing gum.
  • n. (countable) A single piece of chewing gum.
  • n. (South Africa, often in the plural) A gummi candy.
  • n. (US, dialect, Southern US) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
  • n. (US, dialect, Southern US) A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.
  • n. (US, dialect) A rubber overshoe.
  • n. A gum tree.
  • v. (sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
  • v. To stiffen with glue or gum.
  • v. (colloquial, with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.

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