epoxy resin

noun

Any of a class of polyether resins, used for coatings, adhesives, and foam.

Similar
epoxyepoxy glue

Meanings

nounepoxy resin (countable and uncountable, plural epoxy resins)

plural epoxy resins

  1. countableuncountableAny of a class of polyether resins, used for coatings, adhesives, and foam.
    1 more example

    ERC members that provided input to this study manufactured a total of 259,000 tonnes of epoxy resin in 2013, in plants located in Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Poland, and Switzerland. […] The socio-economic value (and linked employment levels) of downstream industries that depend on the enabling characteristics of epoxy resins are many times these values.

    2017 August 28, “THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC VALUE OF EPOXY RESINS”, in Epoxy Resin Committee, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2021, page 1

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
epoxyepoxy glue
Broader
synthetic resin
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 環氧樹脂 /环氧树脂
  • 環氧樹脂 /环氧树脂 (huányǎng shùzhī)polyether resin
Dutch epoxyhars
  • epoxyharspolyether resin
Finnish epoksihartsi, epoksi
  • epoksihartsipolyether resin
  • epoksipolyether resin
French époxy
  • époxypolyether resin
German Epoxidharz
  • Epoxidharzpolyether resin
Icelandic epoxíð
  • epoxíðpolyether resin
Polish żywica epoksydowa
  • żywica epoksydowapolyether resin
Russian эпокси́дная смола́, эпокси́дка
  • эпокси́дная смола́ (epoksídnaja smolá)polyether resin
  • эпокси́дка (epoksídka)polyether resin
Spanish resina epoxi, resina epóxica
  • resina epoxipolyether resin
  • resina epóxicapolyether resin
  • resina epoxídicapolyether resin
Turkish epoksi
  • epoksipolyether resin
Cite this entry
APA

epoxy resin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epoxy%20resin

MLA

“epoxy resin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epoxy%20resin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epoxy resin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epoxy%20resin.

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