epoxy, epoxy resin, epoxy glue
(noun) a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates
epoxy
(verb) glue with epoxy; “epoxy the shards”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
epoxy (not comparable)
(chemistry) Derived from an epoxide.
epoxy (countable and uncountable, plural epoxies)
A thermosetting polyepoxide resin used chiefly in strong adhesives, coatings and laminates; epoxy resin.
epoxy (third-person singular simple present epoxies, present participle epoxying, simple past and past participle epoxyed or epoxied)
To glue with epoxy.
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
