(a.) Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings.
Example Sentences:
(1) This is not the deliciously claggy cheesecake that is baked and left to set.
(2) The nuts bring clagginess and the fruit is too wet, so the result is soggy and mushy with a mouth-coating trace of clay, a sort of repulsive pabulum whose problem is not its flavour but its mouthfeel.
(3) The source of the sesame isn’t normally listed on jars of tahini sold in the UK, nor is the method of production, but generally speaking, I find Israeli, Lebanese and Palestinian brands superior to Greek and Cypriot ones; they seem more flavoursome, lighter and less claggy.
(4) Smoked potato mash is plopped into yet another carton – both it and a claggy risotto consisting largely of peas cause the cardboard to bulge sweatily.