Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various usually thermosetting resins capable of forming tight cross-linked polymer structures characterized by toughness, strong adhesion, and low shrinkage, used especially in surface coatings and adhesives.
- transitive verb To fasten together with epoxy.
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- adjective chemistry Derived from an
epoxide . - noun A
thermosetting polyepoxide resin used chiefly in strongadhesives ,coatings andlaminates ;epoxy resin . - verb To
glue with epoxy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates
- verb glue with epoxy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Should have had @wendilynnmakeup dip you in epoxy to make the illusion really solid.
Tweets I have known 2009
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BPA is also in epoxy resins used to make paints, adhesives and canned food liners.
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I dip the free end in epoxy to keep it from unraveling, but that is not critical.
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I dip the free end in epoxy to keep it from unraveling, but that is not critical.
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Since it is made with plywood coated in epoxy you can only make it so fast because you have to wait for the epoxy to cure.
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To be sure, it would be best to find out what epoxy is being used for that component and check with the epoxy supplier.
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Since it is made with plywood coated in epoxy you can only make it so fast because you have to wait for the epoxy to cure.
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This is a wheat bread, a whole-wheat bread, and it's made with a new technique that I've been playing around with, and developing and writing about which, for lack of a better name, we call the epoxy method.
Peter Reinhart on bread Peter Reinhart 2008
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This is a wheat bread, a whole-wheat bread, and it's made with a new technique that I've been playing around with, and developing and writing about which, for lack of a better name, we call the epoxy method.
Peter Reinhart on bread Peter Reinhart 2008
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This is a wheat bread, a whole-wheat bread, and it's made with a new technique that I've been playing around with, and developing and writing about which, for lack of a better name, we call the epoxy method.
Peter Reinhart on bread Peter Reinhart 2008
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