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paraffine

paraffine is the dated form of paraffin.

Meaning of paraffin

Noun

paraffin (countable and uncountable, plural paraffins)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A petroleum-based thin and colourless fuel oil.
    • She poured paraffin on the dry floors and on the pandanus-mats, and then she set fire.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 57”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    kerosene
  2. Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons.
  3. Paraffin wax.

See all 5 meanings of paraffin

Forms of paraffine

Noun
pluralparaffines
Verb
third-person singular presentparaffines
present participleparaffining
past participleparaffined
pastparaffined

Questions about paraffine

What is paraffine the dated form of?
Paraffine is the dated form of paraffin.

Words near paraffine in the dictionary

  1. paraffin tests
  2. paraffin wax
  3. paraffin waxes
  4. paraffinate
  5. paraffinated
  6. paraffine
  7. paraffined
  8. paraffiner
  9. paraffiners
  10. paraffines
  11. paraffinic

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