adherend

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noun

That which adheres to something else by adhesion.

OriginEnglish adhere ← Middle English *adheren ← Latin adhaereō →
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Meanings

nounadherend (plural adherends)

plural adherends

  1. That which adheres to something else by adhesion.

    The aerospace industry routinely uses the tendency of clean water to 'bead' or 'break' as an indication of the presence of hydrophobic contaminant on an adherend during surface preparation.

    2017, Rhys Jones, A.A. Baker, Neil Matthews, Aircraft Sustainment and Repair, page 284

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Latinhaereō
  6. Latinadhaereō
  7. Middle English*adheren
  8. Englishadhere
  9. Englishadherend

From adhere + -end.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

adherend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adherend

MLA

“adherend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adherend. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adherend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adherend.

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