resin

/ˈɹɛzɪn/

resin noun: a viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.

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Noun

resin (countable and uncountable, plural resins)

A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.
- Pine trees produce a sticky resin.
- But those who attack violists shouldn't throw resin. Once the ergonomic viola catches on what instrument will be immune?1997 August 9, Edward Rothstein, “A Comeback for the Viola. No Joking.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2021
Any synthetic compound of similar properties.
- The artist used synthetic resin in her sculptures.

Verb

resin (third-person singular simple present resins, present participle resining, simple past and past participle resined)

(transitive) To apply resin to.

resin meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

resin in Hindi

secretion of plants: राल rāl
similar synthetic compound: राल rāl

resin in Tamil

secretion of plants: பிசின் piciṉ

resin in Marathi

राळ, रेझिन

resin in Urdu

resin: رال rāl, دھونا dhūnā

More languagesFewer languages

resin in Bengali: ধুনা dhuna, ধূপ dhup
resin in Telugu: గుగ్గిలము guggilamu
resin in Malayalam: മരക്കറ
resin in Kannada: ಮರದ ಅಂಟು, ರಾಳ, ಗುಗ್ಗುಳ, ಪಗಿನು
resin in Punjabi: ਰਾਲ rāl
resin in Gujarati: રાળ rāḷ
resin in Odia: ରାଳ, ରେସିନ୍, ରେସିନ୍ କରିବା
resin in Sanskrit: निर्यास niryāsa, द्रव्य dravya
resin in Nepali: रेसिन, रेसिन गर्न, रेजिन गर्न
resin in Tagalog: dagta, kalamak, lunay, sahing
resin in Arabic: رَاتِينَج rātīnaj, صُرْع ṣurʕ, صَمْغ ṣamḡ
resin in Malay: damar, salang
resin in Persian: انگم angom, رزین rezin
resin in Thai: ยาง yaang, ยางไม้
resin in Vietnamese: nhựa, mủ

Examples of resin in a sentence

I've got to get the panels aligned quickly now because the epoxy resin will go off within 20 minutes or so.
Water can be deionized using ion exchange resins.
Pumpkin seeds have been used as a taenifuge, and the component that drives the worms out may be bitter resin.

All 40 example sentences with resin

Forms of resin

Noun
plural	resins
alternative form	rosin
Verb
third-person singular present	resins
present participle	resining
past participle	resined
past	resined

Plural of resin: resins

Origin of resin

From Middle English resyn, resyne, from Old French résine, from Latin resīna. Doublet of rosin.

Phrases with resin

Questions about resin

What does resin mean?: Resin means a viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.
What is resin in Hindi?: Resin in Hindi is राल (rāl). See Resin meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is resin?: Resin can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce resin?: Resin is pronounced /ˈɹɛzɪn/.
What is the plural of resin?: The plural of resin is resins.

Words near resin in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: resin (page history and authors); resin (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); دھونا (Urdu) (page history and authors); ধুনা (Bengali) (page history and authors); గుగ్గిలము (Telugu) (page history and authors); resin (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resin (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); રાળ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); resin (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); resin (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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