Definitions

glue

[gloo] / glu /

NOUN

adhesive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cement paste plaster

STRONG

gum gunk mucilage spit

WEAK

stickum

Example Sentences

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Vogt’s Juliette groans like a workhorse that knows it’s destined for the glue factory.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Others argued the particles stiffened the surrounding material like glue.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

"We like America to be first, and that seems to be the glue that holds everybody together," he says.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Instead of hiding the cracks, he marked them with gold-colored glue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

It had taken three hundred and twelve sticks and four bottles of glue.

From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan