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paraffin

UK /ˈpæɹ.ə.fɪn/US /ˈpɛɹ.ə.fɪn/

noun 3
verb 2
forms 3

noun3

•
(UK, Ireland) A petroleum-based thin and colourless fuel oil.
- She poured paraffin on the dry floors and on the pandanus-mats, and then she set fire. — 1919
Paraffin wax.
Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons.

verb2

To impregnate or treat with paraffin.
To embed in paraffin wax.

forms

paraffined · paraffining · paraffins

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