gummy
adjective
uk
/ˈɡʌm.i/ us
/ˈɡʌm.i/Meaning of gummy in English
(Definition of gummy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of gummy
gummy
That gummy substance has to be discharged from the silk, either in the net or in the finished fabric.
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I recall clearly their gummy faces.
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He combined silver bromide with vegetable gummy matters (lichen, linseed, quince), and starchy substances (rice, tapioca, sago).
Instead of twigs, feathers and straw, these swiftlets make their nest only from strands of their gummy saliva, which hardens when exposed to air.
Copper sweetening introduces trace amount of copper into the resulting products, which tends to have detrimental effects as it leads to formation of gummy residues.
An oatmeal-like coating hid fruit-based gummy bears that appeared when hot water was added and the product stirred.
Higher gelatin ratios can be used to increase the stability of the gel, culminating in gummy candies which remain rubbery solids at room temperature.
This flaking residue can be seen and can feel gummy while still on the tape's surface.
The type of chips formed can be an indicator of the machinability of the material, with long gummy chips reducing machinability.
One of the developments was the creation of double layered - gummy and foam - products, such as the apple rings.
Lesions formed on the fruit; start as water soaked spots that expand and exude gummy ooze.
Too often, though, the stock is insipid, the sauce gummy, the final result overdone and a mess.
Of course, they were also very gummy and did not mush like ripe ones.
Although gummy sharks have not been overfished, they inhabit many of the same areas as school (snapper) sharks which have an established bycatch quota.
Intermediate cross-link densities transform gummy polymers into materials that have elastomeric properties and potentially high strengths.
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gommeux…
zamklı, yapışkan…
kleverig…
lepkavý…
klæbrig, klistret…
bergetah…
เหนียว…
dính…
lepki…
gummiliknande, som innehåller gummi…
lekit…
gummiartig, klebrig…
klebrig, gummiaktig, gummi-…
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