Defenition of the word gum

• Defenition of the word gum

  • The mucosal tissue that partly lies over the teeth in the mouth.
  • a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
  • the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
  • a strong liquid cement
  • any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
  • exude or from gum; of certain trees
  • wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
  • any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
  • grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; of babies and old people
  • cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
  • exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"
  • grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"
  • exude or form gum
  • become sticky
  • grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
  • cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum

Synonyms for the word gum

• • chewing gum
  • gingiva
  • glue
  • gum tree
  • gumwood
  • mucilage
  • mumble

Meronymys for the word gum

• • gum
  • gumwood
  • mouth
  • oral cavity
  • oral fissure
  • rima oris

Hyponyms for the word gum

• • agar
  • agar-agar
  • algin
  • alginic acid
  • ammoniac
  • animal glue
  • balata
  • Bengal kino
  • bubble gum
  • butea gum
  • butea kino
  • carrageenan
  • carrageenin
  • casein glue
  • cherry-tree gum
  • chewing gum
  • chicle
  • chicle gum
  • conima
  • dragon's blood
  • eucalypt
  • eucalyptus
  • eucalyptus gum
  • eucalyptus kino
  • eucalyptus tree
  • euphorbium
  • fish glue
  • frankincense
  • galbanum
  • ghatti
  • ghatti gum
  • guar gum
  • gum acacia
  • gum albanum
  • gum ammoniac
  • gum arabic
  • gum ball
  • gum butea
  • gum eurphorbium
  • gum kino
  • gum olibanum
  • gum sangapenum
  • gutta balata
  • gutta-percha
  • hazelwood
  • karaya gum
  • kino
  • kino gum
  • lacquer
  • liquidambar
  • marine glue
  • mesquite gum
  • mucilage
  • olibanum
  • opopanax
  • red gum
  • sangapenum
  • satin walnut
  • sterculia gum
  • sweet gum
  • thus
  • tragacanth
  • tupelo
  • tupelo tree

Hypernyms for the word gum

• • animal tissue
  • apply
  • cement
  • change
  • chew
  • confection
  • confectionery
  • exudate
  • exudation
  • exude
  • jaw
  • manducate
  • masticate
  • ooze
  • ooze out
  • put on
  • surname
  • sweet
  • transude
  • tree
  • wood

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