epoxy

Other forms of epoxy

plural

epoxies·

past tense

epoxied·

present participle

epoxying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about epoxy

What does epoxy mean?

epoxy means "a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in epoxy?

epoxy has 3 syllables: e-pox-y. The stress falls on "pox". In IPA it is /ɪˈpɑksi/.

What is another word for epoxy?

Close synonyms include epoxy resin, epoxy glue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is epoxy a common word?

epoxy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.