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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024res•in /ˈrɛzɪn/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Chemistry, Drugsa sticky, solid or nearly solid substance that comes from pine, used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
res•in•ous, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024res•in (rez′in),USA pronunciation n. - Chemistry, Drugsany of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Chemistrya substance of this type obtained from certain pines;
rosin. v.t. - Chemistryto treat or rub with resin.
- a non-Indo-European language; compare Greek rhētí̄nē pine resin, from a related source
- Latin rēsīna, probably
- Old French resine
- Middle English 1350–1400
res′in•like′, adj. Res•in (rez′in),USA pronunciation n. - a male given name.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: resin /ˈrɛzɪn/ n - any of a group of solid or semisolid amorphous compounds that are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations. They are used in medicine and in varnishes
- any of a large number of synthetic, usually organic, materials that have a polymeric structure, esp such a substance in a raw state before it is moulded or treated with plasticizer, stabilizer, filler, etc
vb - (transitive) to treat or coat with resin
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French resine, from Latin rēsīna, from Greek rhētinē resin from a pineˈresinous adj ˈresinously adv ˈresinousness n |