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cohesives

cohesives is the plural of cohesive.

Meaning of cohesive

Noun

cohesive (plural cohesives)

  1. A substance that provides cohesion
    • The thesaurus (Chapman, 1977) lists two pages of mechanical tools, two pages of joining functions, and a half page of adhesives, binders, and cohesives used to build or repair consumer goods.2001, Doris Banowsky Arrington, Home is Where the Art Is, →ISBN
  2. A device used to establish cohesion within a text
    • The fourth of this group of cohesives is the anaphoric, same UT.1988, Michael R. Walrod, Normative Discourse and Persuasion: An Analysis of Gaʹdang ...

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Questions about cohesives

What is cohesives the plural of?
Cohesives is the plural of cohesive.

Words near cohesives in the dictionary

  1. cohesive devices
  2. cohesive energy
  3. cohesively
  4. cohesiveness
  5. cohesivenesses
  6. cohesives
  7. cohesivity
  8. cohesure
  9. Cohi Noor
  10. cohibin
  11. cohibins

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