turpentine
/ˈtɜː.pənˌtaɪn/US/ˈtɝ.pənˌtaɪn/
turpentine noun: any oleoresin secreted by the wood or bark of certain trees.
Noun
turpentine (countable and uncountable, plural turpentines)
- Any oleoresin secreted by the wood or bark of certain trees.
- A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner.
- Synonyms:
- spirit of turpentine, spirits of turpentine, oil of turpentine, terebenthene, terebinthine, turps, tarpin
- A turpentine tree (genus Syncarpia).
- Turpentine timber was obtained from the forests outside Maryborough and Townsville, and shipped by rail and landing craft to Hayman Island.1954 March, “The Hayman Island Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 207
Verb
turpentine (third-person singular simple present turpentines, present participle turpentining, simple past and past participle turpentined)
turpentine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
turpentine in Hindi
- volatile essential oil
- तारपीन tārpīn
turpentine in Tamil
- தேப்பந்தைன், டர்பெண்டைன் திரவம், கற்பூரதைலம், தெரப்பந்தைலம், தெரபின்றைலம்
turpentine in Urdu
- volatile essential oil
- تارپِین tārpīn
turpentine in Bengali
- volatile essential oil
- তার্পিন tarpin
More languagesFewer languages
- turpentine in Malayalam
- കർപ്പൂരതൈലം, പയിനെണ്ണ, ദേവതാരുതൈലം
- turpentine in Punjabi
- ਤਾਰਪੀਨ tārpīn
- turpentine in Gujarati
- ટરપિથ ṭarpith
- turpentine in Nepali
- तारपिन tārapina
- turpentine in Tagalog
- agwaras, lunay, turpentayn
- turpentine in Arabic
- تِرْبَنْتِين tirbantīn, نَفْط nafṭ
- turpentine in Malay
- turpentin
- turpentine in Indonesian
- terpentin
- turpentine in Persian
- تِرِبانْتین terebântin
- turpentine in Thai
- น้ำมันสน nám-man-sǒn
- turpentine in Vietnamese
- nhựa thông
- turpentine in Myanmar
- တာရပင်ဆီ tara.panghci, ထင်းရှူးဆီ htang:hru:hci, တာပင်တိုင် tapangtuing
Examples of turpentine in a sentence
- Turpentine or mineral spirits can be used as a thinner for oil-based paints.
- Violin rosin is a natural gum obtained from conifers such as larch that produce turpentine.
- The floor was of coke-brise, shining under french polish and turpentine.
Synonyms of turpentine
Forms of turpentine
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | turpentines |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | turpentines |
| present participle | turpentining |
| past participle | turpentined |
| past | turpentined |
Origin of turpentine
From Middle English terebentyne, terbentyne, turbentine, from Old French terbentine, turbentine, Latin terebinthina, from Ancient Greek τερεβινθίνη (terebinthínē), the feminine form of τερεβινθινος (terebinthinos, “terebinthine”, adjective), from τερέβινθος (terébinthos, “terebinth tree”, noun). Related to terpene and terpin; etymologically equivalent to terebinth + -ine.
Words formed from turpentine
- unturpentined
- Aleppo turpentine
- Bourdeaux turpentine
- Bordeaux turpentine
- brush turpentine
- Canada turpentine
- Canadian turpentine
- Carpathian turpentine
- Chian turpentine
- Chio turpentine
- common turpentine
- crude turpentine
- Cyprian turpentine
- Cyprus turpentine
- French turpentine
- gum turpentine
- Hungarian turpentine
- larch turpentine
- mineral turpentine
- oil of turpentine
- oils of turpentine
- Russian turpentine
- Scio turpentine
- scrub turpentine
- spirit of turpentine
- spirits of turpentine
- Strasbourg turpentine
- Strasburg turpentine
- Strasburgh turpentine
- sulfate turpentine
- turpentine beetle
- turpentine borer
- turpentine broom
- turpentine bush
- turpentine camphor
- turpentine grass
- turpentine moth
- turpentine of Chio
- turpentine of Cyprus
- turpentiner
- turpentine substitute
- turpentine tree
- turpentine weed
- turpentinic
- turpentiny
- Venetian turpentine
- Venice turpentine
- white turpentine
- wood turpentine
Phrases with turpentine
Words that rhyme with turpentine
Questions about turpentine
- What does turpentine mean?
- Turpentine means any oleoresin secreted by the wood or bark of certain trees.
- What is turpentine in Hindi?
- Turpentine in Hindi is तारपीन (tārpīn). See Turpentine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is turpentine?
- Turpentine can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce turpentine?
- Turpentine is pronounced /ˈtɜː.pənˌtaɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of turpentine?
- The plural of turpentine is turpentines.
Words near turpentine in the dictionary
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