epoxy

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UK/ɪˈpɒk.si/US/ɪˈpɑk.si/US/əˈpɑːk.si/

adjective

Derived from an epoxide.

Similar
epoxy resinepoxy glue
OriginEnglish oxygen ← French oxygène ← Ancient Greek γένος (génos) →
Less commonScrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveepoxy (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryDerived from an epoxide.
nounepoxy (countable and uncountable, plural epoxies)

plural epoxies

  1. countableuncountableA thermosetting polyepoxide resin used chiefly in strong adhesives, coatings and laminates; epoxy resin.

    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.

    2017 August 28, “THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC VALUE OF EPOXY RESINS”, in Epoxy Resin Committee, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2021, pages 1, 3
verbepoxy (third-person singular simple present epoxies, present participle epoxying, simple past and past participle epoxied or epoxyed)

present singular third person epoxies · participle present epoxying · participle past epoxied · past epoxied · participle past epoxyed · past epoxyed

  1. To glue with epoxy.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates

Similar
epoxy resinepoxy glue
Broader
synthetic resin
Also see
epoxy resinpolyepoxide

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  3. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  6. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  7. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  8. Frenchoxygène
  9. Englishoxygen
  10. Englishepoxy

From ep- + -oxy.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 環氧的 /环氧的
  • 環氧的 /环氧的 (huányǎng de)derived from an epoxide
Finnish epoksi-
  • epoksi-derived from an epoxide
French époxy
  • époxyderived from an epoxide
Icelandic epoxý-
  • epoxý-derived from an epoxide
Italian epossidico
  • epossidicoderived from an epoxide
Polish epoksydowy, żywica epoksydowa
  • epoksydowyderived from an epoxide
  • żywica epoksydowaepoxy resin
Spanish epoxi, epóxico
  • epoxiderived from an epoxide
  • epóxicoderived from an epoxide
  • epoxiepoxy resin

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with epoxy

proxyRoxyfoxymoxieboxyTonganoxiealkoxydoxycoxie
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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