paraffin
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
paraffin
- (UK) A petroleum-based thin and colorless fuel oil
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 57
- She poured paraffin on the dry floors and on the pandanus-mats, and then she set fire.
- Synonyms: kerosene
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 57
- (chemistry) Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons.
- Paraffin wax.
paraffin (paraffins, present participle paraffining; past and past participle paraffined)
- To impregnate or treat with paraffin.
- To embed in paraffin wax.
- French: paraffiner
- Italian: paraffinare
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