gum
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- noun
- /ɡʌm/
- US
:
madera de liquidámbar
- Buildings made of gum?
- sweet gum
- red gum
Examples
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An upland forest dominated by white oak, tulip poplar, black gum, and red maple covers the ridges.
Academic text (1995) -
Do not ignore the bad breath, as it may be a sign of tooth decay or gum disease.
Blog text (16) -
Yet between 1995 and 1999, the teeth of nearly half of the fruit bats we captured were worn at least halfway to the gum line, and a quarter of all the bats had lost 50 percent of their hair.
Academic text (2003) -
After they ate, he went into the dark woods and came back an hour later with a piece of gum log he had bark-shaved and hollowed into a cradle.
Fiction book (2001) -
" Roughly one-third of the tract was timbered, with varieties of pine, oak, gum, and hickory as the predominant tree types.
Academic text (2015) -
The carpenter used red gum wood to create beautiful furniture.
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He spent the afternoon collecting sap from the gum tree in his backyard.
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The old boat was made from durable gum timber, perfect for withstanding harsh weather.
Synonyms
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1.0
The hard material from trees used for building and as fuel
Wood that comes from gum trees used for making furniture and panels
Reddish-brown wood from a North American tree used to make furniture
Reddish-brown wood from a tree used for making furniture and floors
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.1
A powder from guar seeds used to thicken foods and help make paper and cloth
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1.4
A small round piece of chewing gum with a hard colored sugar coating often sold in vending machines
- Specialized
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5.5
A sticky natural substance from the acacia tree used to thicken foods, candies, and medicines
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6.0
A North American tree with spiky round seed balls and sweet-smelling sap and red leaves in autumn
- UK
A tall fast-growing eucalyptus tree with bluish young leaves used for timber and medicine
- Specialized
A tall tree in eastern North America with horizontal branches and bright red autumn leaves
- Australian
A small Australian eucalyptus tree with rough dark bark at the base and red sap
- Specialized
A skin rash around the lips after chewing bubble gum with artificial colors or flavors
- Specialized
A sticky substance that comes from cherry tree bark and is used to make food thicker
- Australian
A small to medium tree from Tasmania grown for its sweet sap and as a garden tree
A Mediterranean shrub with white flowers and sticky leaves that produce fragrant sap used in perfume
- Specialized
A hard sticky substance from trees in Africa used to make varnish and glue
- Archaic
A yellow sticky substance from some Australian trees used to make varnishes and paper
A North American tree with star-shaped leaves, spiky round fruit, and sticky fragrant sap
- Australian
A reddish-brown sticky substance from eucalyptus bark used in medicine and food
- Specialized
A red or black sticky substance from tropical trees that people use to tan leather and treat wounds
- Australian
A tall Australian tree with smooth bark and a strong lemon smell from its leaves
- Australian
A tall Australian eucalyptus tree whose bark gives a sweet sticky substance
- Specialized
A natural sticky sweet substance from mesquite tree pods used in food and products
- Australian
A medium-sized eucalyptus tree that grows in swampy mountain areas in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia
- Indian
A natural sticky substance from the dhawa tree used to thicken food and other products
- Australian
A small or medium tree from Australia and Tasmania with smooth pale bark that peels in strips
- Specialized
A natural sticky substance from acacia trees used to thicken food and medicine
- Australian
A sticky natural substance from some Australian trees that makers use for varnish and paper
- Specialized
A bitter, strong-smelling gum that people use in traditional medicine and as a spice
- Specialized
A sticky, fragrant substance from a plant used in medicine and to make varnish
- Specialized
A sticky substance from some tropical trees that people use to make varnish and incense
- Specialized
A fragrant resin from trees used in perfumes and to soothe irritated skin
- Specialized
A sticky substance from trees with a sweet scent used to protect skin and scent perfumes and incense
- Indian
A dried sticky juice from the dhak tree used in medicine to help red, sore skin
- Specialized
A hard pale material from certain trees used in varnish, incense, and to make paint shiny
- Specialized
A natural stretchy material from tree sap used to make rubber things like tires or tubing
- Specialized
A bitter brown plant gum once used in medicine and now used mainly for animals
- Specialized
A reddish sticky substance from tropical trees used to make leather and as a medicine
- Specialized
A thick sticky substance from rockrose bushes that helps perfume keep its smell
- Specialized
A thick sticky substance from some trees that people burn to make a pleasant smell and use in perfume
- Specialized
A western American plant with sticky leaves sometimes used as medicine but poisonous to animals
- Specialized
A sticky natural substance from trees used to make medicines, varnish, and incense
- Specialized
A sticky material that insects make in Madagascar and people use for varnish and dye
- Specialized
A sticky natural gum from an Asian tree used to thicken food and cosmetics and to make fabrics smooth
- New Zealand
A hard sticky substance from kauri trees in New Zealand used to make varnish and linoleum
- Australian
A tall Australian tree with crooked branches that grows by rivers and has strong reddish wood
- Australian
A large Australian tree with hard red wood used for building that grows along rivers
- Australian
A very tall eucalyptus tree from eastern Australia grown for its strong wood and for parks
- Specialized
A natural gum from trees called acacia near the Senegal River used to thicken or stabilize food and medicines
- Australian
A medium-sized tree from southern Australia that grows in damp or swampy places
- Australian
A small Australian or Tasmanian tree with smooth light coloured bark that peels in strips
- US
A tree that loses its leaves in autumn and has bright red leaves and small blue berries
- Specialized
A group of related trees that make flowers and fruit, like the sour gum tree
- Specialized
A sticky substance from Asian Sterculia trees used to thicken food, cosmetics, and cloth
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Etymology
Gum for wood simply comes from the name of the tree that produces resin; the timber is called 'gum' because it comes from a gum tree. So gum wood is the wood of those trees.