English Explanatory Dictionary

turpentine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any oleoresin secreted by the wood or bark of certain trees.
A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner.
A turpentine tree (genus Syncarpia).

verb

To drain resin from (a tree) for use in making turpentine.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɜː.pənˌtaɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-turpentine.wav /ˈtɝ.pənˌtaɪn/

Word forms

turpentine turpentines turpentining turpentined

Etymology

From Middle English terebentyne, terbentyne, turbentine, from Old French terbentine, turbentine, Latin terebinthīna, from terebintha, from Ancient Greek τερεβινθίνη (terebinthínē), from τερεβινθινος (terebinthinos), from τερέβινθος (terébinthos). Related to terpene and terpin; etymologically equivalent to terebinth + -ine.

Synonyms

Related words

terebic terebinth terpene white spirit naval stores

Derived words

Aleppo turpentine Bordeaux turpentine Bourdeaux turpentine brush turpentine Canada turpentine Canadian turpentine Carpathian turpentine Chian turpentine Chio turpentine common turpentine crude turpentine Cyprian turpentine Cyprus turpentine French turpentine gum turpentine Hungarian turpentine larch turpentine mineral turpentine oil of turpentine oils of turpentine Russian turpentine Scio turpentine scrub turpentine spirit of turpentine spirits of turpentine Strasbourg turpentine Strasburgh turpentine Strasburg turpentine sulfate turpentine turpentine beetle turpentine borer turpentine broom turpentine bush turpentine camphor turpentine grass turpentine moth turpentine of Chio turpentine of Cyprus turpentine tree turpentine weed turpentinic Venetian turpentine Venice turpentine white turpentine

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