glues
/ɡluːz/
glues is the plural of glue.
Meaning of glue
Noun
glue (countable and uncountable, plural glues)
- A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
- Near-synonyms: adhesive, cement
- Anything that binds two things or people together.
- What is a kiss ? Why this, as some approve, / The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.1648, Robert Herrick, “A Kiss”, in Hesperides, London: H. G. Bohn, published 1852, page 159
- A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants.
Phrases with glues
Words that rhyme with glues
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- amuse
- bemuse
- choose
- excuse
- misuse
- muse
- ooze
- peruse
- accuse
- booze
- druse
- news
- ruse
- snooze
- suffuse
- transfuse
- who's
- whose
- circumfuse
- cooze
- defuse
- diffuse
- enthuse
- flues
- fuze
- jalouse
- mews
- perfuse
- snooz
- Toulouse
- twos
- yous
- 'scuse
- accrues
- aloos
- bambooze
- blooze
- boos
- boose
- brews
- canoes
- chews
- clews
- clues
- construes
- contuse
- coos
- coups
Questions about glues
- What is glues the plural of?
- Glues is the plural of glue.
- How do you pronounce glues?
- Glues is pronounced /ɡluːz/.
Words near glues in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: glues (page history and authors); glue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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