adherend
noun
ad·her·end
ad-ˈhir-ˌend,
ˌad-ˌhir-ˈend
plural -s
: the surface to which an adhesive adheres
also : one of the bodies held to another by an adhesive
Word History
Etymology
adhere + -end (as in addend)
First Known Use
1946, in the meaning defined above
- principal
- principal boy
- principal challenge
- principal diagonal
- principal distance
- principal focus
- principal form
- principal function
- principal line
- principal meridian
- principal moment
- principal parts
- principal plane of symmetry
- principal planet
- principal quantum number
- principal rafter
- principal ray
- principal section
- principal sum
- principal visual ray
- principal work
- principalities
- principality
- principally
- principalness