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A whitish, translucent, waxy, flammable solid consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained as a residue from the distillation of petroleum and…
paraffin (sense 1) in solid form, as distinguished from paraffin oil (sense 2).
a crude solid form of paraffin obtained from a distillation process; also in plural.
Paraffin wax; (a proprietary name for) a household wax that incorporates this.