bonding

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 5.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of bond
2. noun The act by which something is bonded or joined together.
3. noun A relationship between a parent and offspring that establishes the basis for an ongoing mutual attachment.
4. noun A close friendship that develops between people, often as a result of intense experiences, as those shared in military combat.

   a work bonding session

5. noun A method of aggregating multiple network interfaces on a computer into a single logical interface
6. noun An arrangement by which goods remain in the customs warehouses until the duties are paid.

Similar words

soldering sticker adherence stickiness adhesion sticky attachment pasting bind tying

Often followed by

of and in between is with to agent the

Word family

bond bonded bondings bonds