Meaning of ADHESIVE in English
- ADHESIVE
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/ ədˈhiːsɪv; NAmE ; -ˈhiːz-/ noun , adjective
■ noun
[ C , U ] a substance that you use to make things stick together
■ adjective
that can stick to sth
SYN sticky :
adhesive tape
—see also self-adhesive
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WORD ORIGIN
late 17th cent. (in the sense tending to adhere or cling to ): from French adhésif , -ive , from the verb adhérer , from Latin adhaerere stick to, from ad- to + haerere to stick.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005