Turpentine (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. any of various oleoresins derived from coniferous trees, especially the longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, and yielding a volatile oil and a resin when distilled.
  2. an oleoresin exuded by the terebinth, Pistacia terebinthus.
  3. oil of turpentine.
verb (used with object), tur·pen·tined, tur·pen·tin·ing.
  1. to treat with turpentine; apply turpentine to.
  2. to gather or take crude turpentine from (trees).
noun
  1. any of various viscous oleoresins obtained from various coniferous trees, esp from the longleaf pine, and used as the main source of commercial turpentine
  2. a brownish-yellow sticky viscous oleoresin that exudes from the terebinth tree
  3. a colourless flammable volatile liquid with a pungent odour, distilled from turpentine oleoresin. It is an essential oil containing a mixture of terpenes and is used as a solvent for paints and in medicine as a rubefacient and expectorant
  4. any one of a number of thinners for paints and varnishes, consisting of fractions of petroleum
verb (tr)
  1. to treat or saturate with turpentine
  2. to extract crude turpentine from (trees)
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