superglue
/ˈsuːpəɡluː/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsuːpəɡluː/
superglue
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
su - per - glue -> superglue
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘A little superglue and no one will ever be the wiser.’
- ‘Was there any superglue or something on the floor?’
- ‘I've got some superglue in my back pocket which I fully intend to use!’
- ‘It was like being painted with coloured superglue.’
- ‘Two days ago his biggest problem had been how to get superglue on his teacher's chair without being caught.’
- ‘While one develops molecule-size solar cells modeled on the way leaves gather energy, another is examining the adhesive properties of the blue mussel to make a waterproof superglue.’
- ‘She didn't appreciate the reference to the unsuccessful experiment with superglue she had attempted five years back.’
- ‘It would be a trivial matter to peel off the feet and position them correctly with a dab of superglue, but it would also have been nice for them to be correct in the first place.’
- ‘Despite all the improvements of cyanoacrylate, small amounts of hardware store superglue will work in a pinch.’
- ‘Cyanoacrylates adhesives (also referred to as superglues), which form high shear and tensile strength, can be used to join nearly all materials.’
- ‘I would superglue my hand to the tax office desk, but I can't afford to buy any superglue!’
- ‘Next time, put superglue on your hands first.’
- ‘You guys should just superglue your mouths together, seriously.’
- ‘Offices in Glasgow had their locks superglued and the walls daubed with offensive slogans.’
- ‘I wasn't sure that I'd be able to pick them all up again and superglue the picture back into place.’
- ‘When it happened in March, we thought that the window sensors must be loose and getting slightly dislodged by over-affectionate cats, so we superglued them in place.’
- ‘Once mounted, we superglued the brackets and set it in front of the fan to dry.’
- ‘Then we superglued and siliconed the whole shebang together.’
- ‘Then a few days ago there was a report that someone found pieces of glass superglued to the monkey bars and slides in a children's park.’
- ‘It would've been convincing if only he didn't look as if he was trying to superglue it to his forehead with sheer will alone.’
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