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adjective
- 1. like glue in texture; sticky: "glutinous mud"
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adjective. uk / ˈɡluː.tɪ.nəs / us / ˈɡluː.t̬ ə n.əs / Add to word list. sticky: Short-grain rice turns into a soft, glutinous mass when cooked. Synonyms. gluey. gummy. sticky (NOT DRY/SMOOTH) viscous. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Glues, gluing & stickiness. adherent. adhesion. adhesively. binder. gloopy. glue gun. glue stick. gluey.
: having the quality of glue : gummy. glutinously adverb. Synonyms. adherent. adhesive. clingy. gluey. gummy. sticky. tacky. tenacious. viscid. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of glutinous in a Sentence. a bad horror movie from the 1950s about a glutinous blob that devoured Manhattan.
Glutinous means glue-like, or thick and sticky. The Latin word for glue was gluten, which is now the name of a substance found in wheat. Gluten is what makes pizza or bread dough stretchy and gooey, or glutinous.
adjective. us / ˈɡluː.t̬ ə n.əs / uk / ˈɡluː.tɪ.nəs / Add to word list. sticky: Short-grain rice turns into a soft, glutinous mass when cooked. Synonyms. gluey. gummy. sticky (NOT DRY/SMOOTH) viscous. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Glues, gluing & stickiness. adherent. adhesion. adhesively. binder. gloopy. glue gun. glue stick. gluey.
Glutinous definition: of the nature of glue; gluey; viscid; sticky.. See examples of GLUTINOUS used in a sentence.
Definition of 'glutinous' Word Frequency. glutinous. (gluːtɪnəs ) adjective. Something that is glutinous is very sticky. The sauce was glutinous and tasted artificial. ...soft and glutinous mud. Synonyms: sticky, adhesive, cohesive, gooey More Synonyms of glutinous. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Definition of glutinous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define glutinous. glutinous synonyms, glutinous pronunciation, glutinous translation, English dictionary definition of glutinous. adj. Of the nature of or resembling glue; sticky. glu′ti·nous·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
A complete guide to the word "GLUTINOUS": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
glutinous typically occurs about 0.2 times per million words in modern written English. glutinous is in frequency band 4, which contains words occurring between 0.1 and 1 times per million words in modern written English.
