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Meanings of wallpaper paste in English

Russian
клейстер
Portuguese
poster lambe-lambe
Spanish
engrudo
Catalan
engrut

Specific adhesive, based on modified starch or methylcellulose, used to fix wallpaper to walls.

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        клейстер
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        Usage of wallpaper paste in English
        1
        It provides a sticky, wallpaper paste to affix your moss to.
        The Guardian
        2
        There was an old paintbrush hardened by wallpaper paste, rolled-up plastic, and newspapers.
        The devil's closet
        3
        The whole place smells of paint, wallpaper paste and fresh air.
        The crimson petal and the white
        4
        The mix will become thick like wallpaper paste.
        The South African
        5
        He's sniffing everything lately: new plants in the garden, wallpaper paste, paint, napkins, notepaper, his own fingers, even plain water.
        The crimson petal and the white
        6
        Her hair had been dyed orange and looked like it had been cut by a bush hog and straightened with wallpaper paste.
        Two for the dough
        7
        In a crisis Pooh would panic; Paddington, even when faced with oozing cream buns and wayward wallpaper paste, would at least try to take control.
        The Irish Times
        8
        Wallpaper paste and gardeners' fees were among the items ejected from the new basket of 699 items.
        The Guardian
        Translations for wallpaper paste
        Spanish
        engrudo
        Catalan
        engrut