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| cement |
a sticky material, such as paste or glue, that gets hard when it dries. [1/3 definitions] |
| collage |
A collage is something people make as a piece of art. To make a collage, you paste different kinds of things to a surface to make a kind of picture. These things can be anything from paper and photos to cloth and buttons and macaroni! |
| dry cell |
an electric battery cell in which the chemicals are stored as a paste that will not spill. |
| ink |
a liquid or paste, usually black or colored, that is used to write or print. [1/2 definitions] |
| mascara |
a paste put on the eyelashes to make them look darker. |
| mustard |
a powder or paste with a strong taste made from the ground seeds of the mustard plant. Mustard is used to flavor food or spread on the skin as medicine. [2/3 definitions] |
| paste1 |
a mixture used to stick paper or other light materials together. Paste can be made of water and flour. Paste bought in a store will have other ingredients. [3/4 definitions] |
| peanut butter |
a paste made by grinding roasted peanuts. It is used in cooking or as a spread on sandwiches or crackers. |
| plaster |
a paste of sand, lime, and water that becomes hard when it dries. Plaster is used to cover walls and ceilings. [2/3 definitions] |
| stick2 |
to attach with tape, paste, glue, or other similar substance. [1/10 definitions] |
| sticky |
Glue and honey and paste are sticky things. If you touch something that is sticky, your fingers sometimes get sticky too. When something is sticky, things can become attached to it when they touch it. [1/3 definitions] |
| toothpaste |
a paste used to clean the teeth. |
| wallpaper |
Wallpaper is a strong kind of paper that people sometimes cover their walls with. They use a kind of paste to attach the sheets of paper to the wall. Wallpaper is often colorful and has a printed pattern, such as one with stripes, dots, animal shapes, or flowers. |
| wax1 |
Wax is a liquid or paste with wax in it that is used to polish a smooth, hard surface. [1/5 definitions] |
| word processing |
Word processing is what a computer does when it creates text from the things you type on your computer keyboard. A program for word processing allows words to appear on the screen and also lets you do things like cut and paste pieces of text, delete things you don't want, and decide things like how large you want your letters to look. |
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