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petroleum spirits

petroleum spirits noun: petroleum ether. Also the plural of petroleum spirit.

Noun

petroleum spirits

  1. Petroleum ether.

Also used as

petroleum spirits is also the plural of petroleum spirit.

Questions about petroleum spirits

What does petroleum spirits mean?
Petroleum spirits means petroleum ether.
What part of speech is petroleum spirits?
Petroleum spirits is a noun.

Words near petroleum spirits in the dictionary

  1. petroleum product
  2. petroleum products
  3. petroleum reservoir
  4. petroleum reservoirs
  5. petroleum spirit
  6. petroleum spirits
  7. petroleum tanker
  8. petroleum tankers
  9. petroleums
  10. petroleur
  11. petroleurs

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