Turpentine

What do we mean by turpentine?

A thin volatile terpenoid 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. noun

The sticky mixture of resin and volatile oil from which turpentine is distilled. noun

A brownish-yellow resinous liquid obtained from the terebinth. noun

To apply turpentine to or mix turpentine with. transitive verb

To extract turpentine from (a tree). transitive verb

To make or gather turpentine.

To apply turpentine to; rub with turpentine.

An oleoresinous substance secreted by the wood or bark of a number of trees, all coniferous except the terebinth, which yields Chian turpentine. noun

The oil or spirit of turpentine; turps: an ordinary but less precise use. noun

A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir. noun

A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C10H16, of a pleasant aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of crude turpentine. It is used in making varnishes, in medicine, etc. It is the type of the terpenes and is related to cymene. Called also terebenthene, terpene, etc. noun

Any one of several species of small tortricid moths whose larvæ eat the tender shoots of pine and fir trees, causing an exudation of pitch or resin. noun

The terebinth tree, the original source of turpentine. See Turpentine, above. noun

A volatile essential oil obtained from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; it is a complex mixture of monoterpenes; it is used as a solvent and paint thinner noun

Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally noun

Obtained from conifers (especially pines) noun

A volatile essential oil obtained from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; it is a complex mixture of monoterpenes; it is used as a solvent and paint thinner.

Words that are spelled similarly to turpentine:
turpentine, terpentine, turrentine, serpentine, porpentine, torrentine, turpentined, turpentines, turpentinic.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word turpentine:
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Words that rhyme with turpentine:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe turpentine:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective turpentine:
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Words that sound like turpentine:
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