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ligroin

ligroin noun: a petroleum fraction boiling 75°-125°C used as a solvent and fuel.

Noun

ligroin (countable and uncountable, plural ligroins)

  1. (archaic) A petroleum fraction boiling 75°-125°C used as a solvent and fuel.

ligroin meaning in Tamil

ligroin in Tamil

இலிக்குரோயின்

Forms of ligroin

pluralligroins
alternative formligroine

Origin of ligroin

Attested since 1872, borrowed from German Ligroin, a trade mark of illuminating liquid hydrocarbon first attested in 1866 as Lygroin and Ligroine. Further origin uncertain, but possibly from Ancient Greek λιγυρός (ligurós, “clear”).

Questions about ligroin

What does ligroin mean?
Ligroin means a petroleum fraction boiling 75°-125°C used as a solvent and fuel.
What is ligroin in Tamil?
Ligroin in Tamil is இலிக்குரோயின். See Ligroin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ligroin?
Ligroin is a noun.
What is the plural of ligroin?
The plural of ligroin is ligroins.

Words near ligroin in the dictionary

  1. Ligons
  2. Ligonses
  3. Ligottian
  4. ligress
  5. ligresses
  6. ligroin
  7. ligroine
  8. ligroines
  9. ligroins
  10. ligs
  11. ligs.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ligroin (page history and authors); ligroin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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