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glue-boiler

glue-boiler noun: a specialized profession practised in the developed world up to the early twentieth century that made, from particularly cattle bones, the adhesives used in for instance paperwork, bookbinding, joinery, ivory inlay.

Noun

glue-boiler (plural glue-boilers)

  1. A specialized profession practised in the developed world up to the early twentieth century that made, from particularly cattle bones, the adhesives used in for instance paperwork, bookbinding, joinery, ivory inlay.

Forms of glue-boiler

pluralglue-boilers
alternative formglueboiler
alternative formglue boiler

Origin of glue-boiler

From glue + boil + -er.

Questions about glue-boiler

What does glue-boiler mean?
Glue-boiler means a specialized profession practised in the developed world up to the early twentieth century that made, from particularly cattle bones, the adhesives used in for instance paperwork, bookbinding, joinery, ivory inlay.
What part of speech is glue-boiler?
Glue-boiler is a noun.
What is the plural of glue-boiler?
The plural of glue-boiler is glue-boilers.

Words near glue-boiler in the dictionary

  1. glue sticks
  2. glue strip
  3. glue strips
  4. glue trap
  5. glue traps
  6. glue-boiler
  7. glue-boilers
  8. glue-gun
  9. glue-gunned
  10. glue-gunning
  11. glue-guns

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