fish glue
- noun
- /fɪʃ ɡlu/
- Specialized
:
cola de pescado
- For her art project, she chose fish glue because of its strong adhesive properties.
Examples
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The carpenter relied on fish glue to join the two wooden pieces securely.
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Occasionally, he raised his nose to sniff the fish glue used in old bindings.
Fiction book (1999) -
So there are fish glues and meat based glues.
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A layer of fish glue derived from the collagen and proteins of fish is laid on across the washikoso.
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During the workshop, they explained how to use fish glue for making durable craft items.
Synonyms
214
1.0
A sticky substance used to join things together
30
3.6
A sticky substance used to join two things together
A strong glue made by boiling rabbit hide for sticking wood or canvas
A glue that you make by boiling animal skins, bones, or hooves
A strong sticky substance from milk that joins pieces of wood
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally transparent: 'fish' names the source/material and 'glue' names the function, so a learner who knows both words can infer it is an adhesive made from fish. The detailed production method (boiling skins, fins, bones) is extra information but not required to understand the core meaning; this noun–noun compounding pattern is common cross-linguistically and thus readily comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Fish glue comes from a simple craft: people boiled fish skins, fins, and bones until the liquid became a sticky gel, so the name is simply fish + glue. That's why the word means 'glue' made from fish and is used for woodworking and book repair.