tur·pen·tine (tûr p n-t n )n. 1. A thin volatile essential oil, C10H16, obtained by steam distillation or other means from the wood or exudate of certain pine trees and used as a paint thinner, solvent, and medicinally as a liniment. Also called oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine. 2. The sticky mixture of resin and volatile oil from which turpentine is distilled. 3. A brownish-yellow resinous liquid obtained from the terebinth. tr.v. tur·pen·tined, tur·pen·tin·ing, tur·pen·tines 1. To apply turpentine to or mix turpentine with. 2. To extract turpentine from (a tree). [Middle English, resin of the terebinth, from Old French terebentine, from Latin terebinthina (r  sna), terebinth (resin), from Greek terebinthin, feminine of terebenthinos, from terebinthos, terebinth tree.]tur pen·tinic (-t nk), turpen·tinous (-tns) adj. |
turpentine
Noun
1. a strong-smelling colourless oil distilled from the resin of some coniferous trees, and used for thinning paint, for cleaning, and in medicine
2. a semisolid mixture of resin and oil obtained from various conifers, which is the main source of commercial turpentine
3. Not in technical usage any one of a number of thinners for paints and varnishes, consisting of fractions of petroleum [Latin terebinthina]
| turpentine (tûrpn-tn) 1. A thin, easily vaporized oil that is distilled from the wood or resin of certain pine trees. It is used as a paint thinner and solvent. Chemical formula: C10H16. 2. The sticky mixture of resin and oil from which this oil is distilled. |
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| Noun | 1. |  turpentine - obtained from conifers (especially pines)oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine, turps, turpentine - volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally oleoresin - a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants Chian turpentine - a turpentine exuded by the terebinth |
| 2. |  turpentine - volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinallyessential oil, volatile oil - an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings gum terpentine, turpentine - obtained from conifers (especially pines) |
Translations
n turpentine [ˈtəːpəntain]
a type of oil used for thinning certain kinds of paint, cleaning paint-brushes etc. terpentyn بوابَه دَوّارَه терпентин terpentýn terpentin das Terpentin νέφτι trementina, aguarrás tärpentiin روغن تربانتین tärpätti térébenthine טֶרפֶּנטִין टर्पैन्टाइन गंध बिरोजा terpentin terpentin terpentin terpentína trementina テレビン油 테레빈 유 terpentinas terpentīns turpentin terpentijnolie terpentin, white-spirit terpentyna terebentina terebentină скипидар terpentín terpentin terpentin terpentin น้ำมันสน terpentin, neft yağı 松節油 скипидар, терпентин تاڑپين کا تيل nhựa thông 松节油
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