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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tur•pen•tine /ˈtɜrpənˌtaɪn/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Chemistrya form of resin taken from trees and made into a chemical having a very strong odor and a strong, bitter taste, used as a solvent.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tur•pen•tine (tûr′pən tīn′),USA pronunciation n., v., -tined, -tin•ing. n. - Chemistry, Plant Biologyany of various oleoresins derived from coniferous trees, esp. the longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, and yielding a volatile oil and a resin when distilled.
- ChemistryAlso called Chian turpentine. an oleoresin exuded by the terebinth, Pistacia terebinthus.
- ChemistrySee oil of turpentine.
v.t. - Chemistryto treat with turpentine; apply turpentine to.
- to gather or take crude turpentine from (trees).
- Greek terébinthos) + -īnus -ine1
- Medieval Latin ter(e)bentīna, for Latin terebinthīna, noun, nominal use of feminine of terebinthīnus of the turpentine tree, equivalent. to terebinth(us) turpentine tree (
- late Middle English, alteration of Middle English ter(e)bentyn(e) 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: turpentine /ˈtɜːpənˌtaɪn/ n - Also called: gum turpentine any of various viscous oleoresins obtained from various coniferous trees, esp from the longleaf pine, and used as the main source of commercial turpentine
- a brownish-yellow sticky viscous oleoresin that exudes from the terebinth tree
Also called: oil of turpentine, spirits of turpentine 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- Also called: turpentine substitute, white spirit (not in technical usage) any one of a number of thinners for paints and varnishes, consisting of fractions of petroleum
Related adjective(s): terebinthine
vb (transitive)- to treat or saturate with turpentine
Etymology: 14th Century terebentyne, from Medieval Latin terbentīna, from Latin terebinthīna turpentine, from terebinthus the turpentine tree, terebinth |