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vaseline

/ˈvæ.sə.liːn/US/ˈvæ.sə.lin/

vaseline noun: petroleum jelly. Also the ellipsis of Vaseline glass.

Noun (1)

vaseline (countable and uncountable, plural vaselines)

  1. Petroleum jelly.
    • Hearts of putty, hearts of vaseline...1930, Aldous Huxley, Brief Candles
    Synonyms:
    E905b
  2. Any particular kind of petroleum jelly or of any similar lubricant.
    • A Russian vaseline has been lately added to the many kinds of vaseline found in […]1882, Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry

Verb

vaseline (third-person singular simple present vaselines, present participle vaselining, simple past and past participle vaselined)

  1. (transitive) To lubricate with vaseline.
    • Even at this late date, vaselining will preserve the best of these leathers.

Noun (2) capitalized: Vaseline

Vaseline

  1. Alternative letter-case form of vaseline.

Also used as

vaseline is also the ellipsis of Vaseline glass.

vaseline meaning in Marathi, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian

vaseline in Marathi

petroleum jelly
वॅसेलीन vĕselīn

vaseline in Tagalog

petroleum jelly
baselina

vaseline in Arabic

petroleum jelly
ڤازلين vazlīn, فازلين fazlīn

vaseline in Indonesian

petroleum jelly
vaselin
More languagesFewer languages
vaseline in Persian
وازلین vâzelin
vaseline in Thai
วาสลีน wáat-sà-liin

Synonyms of vaseline

  • E905b

Forms of vaseline

Noun
pluralvaselines
alternative formVaseline
Verb
third-person singular presentvaselines
present participlevaselining
past participlevaselined
pastvaselined

Origin of vaseline

From German Wasser (“water”) + Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil”) + -ine. Genericized trademark of the Vaseline brand of petroleum jelly introduced by American chemist Robert Augustus Chesebrough in 1872.

Words formed from vaseline

Questions about vaseline

What does vaseline mean?
Vaseline means petroleum jelly.
What is vaseline in Marathi?
Vaseline in Marathi is वॅसेलीन (vĕselīn). See Vaseline meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is vaseline?
Vaseline can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce vaseline?
Vaseline is pronounced /ˈvæ.sə.liːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of vaseline?
The plural of vaseline is vaselines.

Words near vaseline in the dictionary

  1. vaseless
  2. vaselet
  3. vaselets
  4. vaselike
  5. vaselin
  6. vaseline
  7. Vaseline glass
  8. vaselined
  9. vaselines
  10. vaselining
  11. vaselins

Source and license

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