单词 | oil of turpentine |
释义 | oil of turpentinenouna colorless, flammable, volatile essential oil having a penetrating odor and a pungent, bitter taste, obtained from turpentine oleoresin by distillation: used in paints and varnishes, and in medicine as a carminative, vermifuge, expectorant, rubefacient, and, formerly, as a diuretic. Also called spirits of turpentine, turpentine. Origin of oil of turpentineFirst recorded in 1590–1600 Words nearby oil of turpentineoil meal, oil of catechumens, oil of cloves, oil of lavender, oil of the sick, oil of turpentine, oil of vitriol, oil of wintergreen, oil paint, oil painting, oil palm Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for oil of turpentineoil of turpentine nounanother name for turpentine (def. 3) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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