gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gŭm
ipa: /ɡʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
homophone: gome
enpr: go͞om
enpr: go͝om
ipa: /ɡum/
ipa: /ɡʊm/
rhymes: -ʌm
homophone: gome
enpr: gŭm
ipa: /ɡʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
homophone: gome
enpr: go͞om
enpr: go͝om
ipa: /ɡum/
ipa: /ɡʊm/
Forms: form: gums
Etymology: From Middle English gomme, gumme, borrowed from Anglo-Norman gome, from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”). Cognate with Spanish goma (“rubber”). Doublet of gumma.
Senses: examples: text: gum arabic
text: gum-oleo-resin
topics: biochemistry
biology
botany
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A viscous water-soluble carbohydrate exudate of certain plants that hardens when it becomes dry, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate.
examples: text: gum benzoin
text: […] becoomed wi' the gum o' the coal-hill […]
ref: 1833, John Kennedy, Geordie Chalmers; or, the Law in Glenbuckie, page 205:
glosses: Any viscous or sticky substance resembling the true gum.
glosses: Chewing gum.
examples: text: Do you have a gum to spare?
text: Levi unwrapped a gum and put it in his mouth.
ref: 2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 388:
glosses: A single piece of chewing gum.
glosses: A gummi candy.
glosses: A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
glosses: A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.
glosses: A rubber overshoe.
glosses: A gum tree, any of various types of trees or an individual thereof.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: acacia gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: acaroid gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: accaroid gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: accroides gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: apple-gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: arabic gum
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word: art gum
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word: Barbary gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: bee gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: begum
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word: black gum
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word: blue gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: box-gum
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word: British gum
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word: bubble gum
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word: bubble-gum
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word: bubblegum
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word: cabbage gum
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word: Cape gum
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word: carob gum
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word: chagual gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: chewing gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: chicle gum
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word: cider gum
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word: cow gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: cushion gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: dammar gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: degum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: doctor-gum
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word: doctor's gum
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word: elastic gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: estergum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: flooded gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: floodgum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: free gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gellan gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: ghatti gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: ghost gum
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word: grey gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: grilled gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: guar gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum acacia
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum acaroidea
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum accroides
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum albanum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum ammoniac
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum anima
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum animé
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum animi
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum animal
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum arabic
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gumball
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum band
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gumband
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum Benjamin
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum benjamin
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum benzoin
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum bichromate
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-boiler
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum boot
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gumboot
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-bucket
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum butea
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gumbuyer
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word: gum camphor
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word: gum-chewer
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word: gum-chewing
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word: gumchewing
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum cistus
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word: gum coolibah
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum dammar
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gumdigger
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word: gum-digger
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word: gum-digging
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word: gumdigging
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word: gum dragon
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word: gum-drop
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word: gumdrop
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word: gum elastic
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word: gum elemi
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum eraser
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word: gum eurphorbium
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gumfield
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-field
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-flowers
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-game
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word: gum guaiac
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word: gum-hole
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word: gum ivy
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word: gum juniper
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word: gum karaya
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum kino
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word: gum labdanum
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word: gum lac
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word: gumland
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word: gum-land
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word: gumlands
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word: gum lift
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word: gumlike
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word: gum-line
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word: gumline
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word: gummage
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word: gummy
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum myrrh
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word: gum myrtle
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum nut
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gumnut
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum of ivy
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum olibanum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum over platinum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-paper
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum passage
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum plant
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-platinum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum pot
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum print
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word: gum printing
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-rash
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-resin
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum resin
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum rockrose
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum sandarac
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum sangapenum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-seal
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-senegal
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gumshoe
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum silk
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum stick
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-succory
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum succory
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-sucker
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-taffeta
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-thistle
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum thus
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum tragacanth
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum tree
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum turpentine
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum up the works
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum water
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gumweed
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum wood
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gumwood
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: gum-worker
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: hashab gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: hog-gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: hog gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: hog gum tree
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: iron gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: karaya gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: kauri gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: Kordofan gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: locust bean gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: log gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: mahogany gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: manna gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: mastic gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: mountain gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: Murray red gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: natural gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: nicotine gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: oleogum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: orange gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: Orenburg gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: Persian gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: red-gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: red gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: redgum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: ribbon gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: river gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: river red gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: rose gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: scribbly gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: slum gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: slumgum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: snappy gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: snow gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: sonora gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: sour gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: spotted gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: spruce gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: sterculia gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: stick of gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: stinking gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: Strickland's gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: strike me up a gum tree
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: sugar gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: sugar-gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: swamp gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: sweetgum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: sweet gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: sweet gum-tree
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: sweet gum tree
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: tara gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: Tasmanian blue gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: tupelo-gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: ungum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: up a gum tree
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: walk and chew gum at the same time
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: water-gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: water gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: weeping snow gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: white gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: white gum poison
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: wine gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: wood gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: wound gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: xanthan gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: yellow gum
sense: Terms derived from gum (etymology 2)
word: York gum
Related terms: gumma
gummatous
gummic acid
gummiferous
gummite
gummose
gummosis
gummosity
gummous