| Main Entry: | bond |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | binder or fastener |
Synonyms: |
band, binding, chain, connection, cord, fastening, fetter, gunk, handcuff, hookup, irons, ligature, link, linkage, manacle, network, nexus, rope, shackle, stickum, tie, tie-in, wire |
| Main Entry: | cement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gluing, binding material |
Synonyms: |
adhesive, binder, birdlime, bond, concrete, epoxy, glue, grout, gum, gunk, lime, lute, mortar, mucilage, mud, paste, plaster, putty, rubber cement, sand, sealant, size, solder, stickum, tar |
| Notes: | cement comes from Latin caementum 'chips of stone'; cement is an ingredient of concrete, but is not a synonym; cement should be pronounced suh-MENT |
| Main Entry: | dirt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grime, impurity |
Synonyms: |
crud, dreck, dregs, excrement, feculence, filth, filthiness, gook, ground, gunk, mire, muck, mud, rottenness, scuz, sleaze, slime, smudge, smut, soil, stain, tarnish |
Antonyms: |
cleanliness, pureness, purity, sterility |
| Main Entry: | glue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adhesive |
Synonyms: |
cement, gum, gunk, mucilage, paste, plaster, spit*, stickum |
| Main Entry: | goo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sticky substance |
Synonyms: |
crud, glop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, sludge, slush, yuck |
| Main Entry: | grime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirt |
Synonyms: |
crud, dust, film, filth, gook, gunk, muck, smudge, smut, soil, soot, tarnish |
Antonyms: |
cleanliness, purity |
| Main Entry: | mire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muck, morass |
Synonyms: |
bog, dirt, fen, glop, goo, gunk, marsh, moss, mud, ooze*, quagmire, quicksand, slime, swamp |
| Main Entry: | ooze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid emitted |
Synonyms: |
alluvium, fluid, glop, goo, gook, gunk, mire, muck, mud, silt, slime, sludge |
| Main Entry: | sediment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | solid residue from liquid solution |
Synonyms: |
debris, deposit, dregs, dross, gook, grounds, gunk, lees, matter, powder, precipitate, precipitation, residuum, settling, silt, slag, solids, trash, waste |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | slime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muck, gelled waste |
Synonyms: |
fungus, glop, goo, gunk, mire, mucus, mud, ooze, scum, sludge |