EPOXY
What does "EPOXY" mean?
A strong synthetic resin used as an adhesive or coating, set by mixing two parts.
Meanings
- A thermosetting resin, usually mixed with a hardener, that cures into a tough bond. He glued the broken handle back with two-part epoxy.
- To join or coat something using this resin. She epoxied the gemstone onto the ring. informal
- Of or containing an oxygen atom bridging two carbons (the epoxide group). The molecule has an epoxy group at one end. technical
Word origin
Coined in the 20th century from 'epi-' (Greek: upon, between) plus 'oxygen', naming the three-membered ring where an oxygen atom bridges two carbon atoms.
Remember it
EPOXY = 'epi' (upon) + 'oxy' (oxygen) - one oxygen atom perched upon two carbons, bridging them like the glue bridges your broken mug.
A little poem
Two liquids meet who'd never met before -
and harden into something stronger for it.
couplet
Wordplay
- I asked the two parts of the epoxy why they got along so well. They said: 'Apart we're useless, but together we set our differences.'
What it teaches
Some bonds only form when two things that were nothing alone agree to react.
Quick facts
What does EPOXY mean?
A strong synthetic resin used as an adhesive or coating, set by mixing two parts.
Is EPOXY a valid word?
Yes — EPOXY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is EPOXY?
EPOXY has 5 letters and 3 syllables.
Where does EPOXY come from?
Coined in the 20th century from 'epi-' (Greek: upon, between) plus 'oxygen', naming the three-membered ring where an oxygen atom bridges two carbon atoms.
What can EPOXY teach us?
Some bonds only form when two things that were nothing alone agree to react.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.