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"glue" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often gum (3 letters).
Definitions
be fixed as if by glue
Word origin
From Middle English glew, glue, from Old French glu (“glue, birdlime”), from Late Latin glūs (stem glūt-), from Latin glūten. Related to clay.
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonyms: adhesive, cement”
“The wasp has always made the paper from which it constructs its nest, by uniting vegetable fibres with glue, while man was vexing himself with attempts to write on the bark of trees or a waxen or metallic table.”
“During the next few days, while the meat dried, they were both busy. They finished the bowl boat and coated it with the glue Jondalar made by boiling down the hooves, bone, and hide scraps.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Sticky craft supply”4 letters
02“Sticky school supply”4 letters
03“Sticky adhesive”4 letters
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