1. • noun - an electrical force linking atoms
   • noun - a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money
   • noun - a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
   • noun - (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
   • noun - a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
   • noun - a connection that fastens things together
   • noun - a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper
   • noun - United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)
   • noun - British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
   • noun - the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
   • verb - stick to firmly
   • verb - create social or emotional ties
   • verb - issue bonds on
   • verb - bring together in a common cause or emotion
2. • Something, such as a fetter, cord, or band, that binds, ties, or fastens things together.
   • Often bonds.
   • A uniting force or tie; a link: the bonds of friendship, the familial bond.
   • A binding agreement; a covenant.
   • A duty, a promise, or another obligation by which one is bound.
   • A substance or an agent that causes two or more objects or parts to cohere.
   • The union or cohesion brought about by such a substance or agent.
   • A chemical bond.
   • An overlapping arrangement of bricks or other masonry components in a wall.
   • Law.
   • A written and sealed obligation, especially one requiring payment of a stipulated amount of money on or before a given day.
   • A sum of money paid as bail or surety.
   • A bail bondsman.
   • A certificate of debt issued by a government or corporation guaranteeing payment of the original investment plus interest by a specified future date.
   • The condition of taxable goods being stored in a warehouse until the taxes or duties owed on them are paid.
   • An insurance contract in which an agency guarantees payment to an employer in the event of unforeseen financial loss through the actions of an employee.
   • Bond paper.
   • To mortgage or place a guaranteed bond on.
   • To furnish bond or surety for.
   • To place (an employee, for example) under bond or guarantee.
   • To join securely, as with glue or cement.
   • To join (two or more individuals) in or as if in a nurturing relationship: “What bonded [the two men]—who spoke rarely and have little personal rapport—was patience and a conviction that uncontrolled inflation endangers... society” (Robert J.
   • To lay (bricks, for example) in an overlapping pattern for solidity.
   • To cohere with or as if with a bond.
   • To form a close personal relationship.
3. • adj - to join together [v -ED, -ING, -S] : BONDABLE

WORD BUILDER