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gum

1
any sticky substance used as an adhesive; mucilage; glue

gum

1
1. any of various sticky substances that exude from certain plants, hardening on exposure to air and dissolving or forming viscous masses in water
2. any of various products, such as adhesives, that are made from such exudates
3. NZ short for kauri gum

gum

2
the fleshy tissue that covers the jawbones around the bases of the teeth
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

gum

A moderately high-density hardwood, whitish to gray-green in color and of uniform texture; used for low-grade veneer, plywood, and rough cabinet work. See also: Douglas fir
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gum

[gəm]
(materials)
A hydrophilic plant polysaccharide or derivative that swells to produce a viscous dispersion or solution when added to water. Also known as hydrocolloid.
(petroleum engineering)
Any one of the partially oxidized high-molecular-weight hydrocarbons that can form in gasoline stored without the addition of an oxidation inhibitor.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

gum

1. A moderately high-density hardwood of the eastern and southern US; whitish to gray-green in color and of uniform texture; used for low-grade veneer, plywood, and rough cabinet work.
2. Any of a class of colloidal substances that are soluble or swell in water, exuded by or prepared from plants; sticky when moist.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Her name was Gumdrop. We gave her an apple when the ride was finished.
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Add sliced yellow gumdrop circles with google eyes and red heart noses with string liquorice whiskers.
But within a week of the Gumdrop bins being put up by the council in Cardiff, many of them are being used as glorified ash trays and rubbish bins while some have even gone missing.
The similarly constructed Confections in orbit (mailbox, spider, gumdrop) simultaneously hosts a number of unusual objects on its sides and surfaces, and subsumes the apparatus used in their display as part of the work.
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