epoxy

From ep- +‎ -oxy.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭ-pŏkʹsē, IPA^(key): /ɪˈpɒk.si/
• (General American) enPR: ĭ-pŏkʹsē, IPA^(key): /ɪˈpɑk.si/, /əˈpɑːk.si/

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• Rhymes: -ɒksi
• Hyphenation: e‧po‧xy, ep‧o‧xy

epoxy (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Derived from an epoxide.

epoxy (countable and uncountable, plural epoxies)

1. A thermosetting polyepoxide resin used chiefly in strong adhesives, coatings and laminates; epoxy resin.
   • 2017 August, “THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC VALUE OF EPOXY RESINS”, in Epoxy Resin Committee‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 April 2021, pages 1, 3:

     The largest epoxy sales values were into Germany, Denmark, Spain and Austria. […] Across Europe, the sector accounts for turnover of €4 billion and employs around 25,000 people, with epoxies being present in many different products across the sector.

epoxy (third-person singular simple present epoxies, present participle epoxying, simple past and past participle epoxied or epoxyed)

1. To glue with epoxy.

Borrowed from English epoxy or natively shortened from epoxyhars (whence the dual genders derive). Equivalent to substantivisation of the prefix epoxy-.

• IPA^(key): /ˌeːˈpɔk.si/

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• Hyphenation: epoxy

epoxy m or n (plural epoxy's, no diminutive)

1. epoxy resin, epoxy