turpentines
turpentines is the plural of turpentine.
turpentines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of turpentine.
Meaning of turpentine
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
Phrases with turpentines
Words that rhyme with turpentines
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- argentines
- bines
- bread lines
- breadlines
- brines
- carbines
- clementines
- co-signs
- coal mines
- coalmines
- colour outside the lines
- cosigns
- cosines
- defines
- designs
- dines
- fine lines
- fuel lines
- gas lines
- kines
- maligns
- mines
- misdefines
- ninety-nines
- number nines
- overdefines
- overlines
- overmines
- pines
- redefines
- refines
- relines
- serpentines
- shines
- shrines
- signs
- sixty-nines
- spines
- sublines
- telephone lines
- undefines
- underdefines
- underlines
- undermines
- vines
- water lines
- waterlines
- whines
Questions about turpentines
- What is turpentines the plural of?
- Turpentines is the plural of turpentine.
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