Definition of birdlime Birdlime
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What does birdlime mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: birdlimes |
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| birdlime - a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds | ||
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| adhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together | ||
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| birdlime - spread birdlime on branches to catch birds | ||
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| scatter, spread out, spread distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- birdlime (n.)
An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares. - birdlime (v. t.)
To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.
