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GLYCERINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glycerine mean?
• GLYCERINE (noun)
The noun GLYCERINE has 1 sense:
1. a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils
Familiarity information: GLYCERINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("glycerine" is a kind of...):
alcohol (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)
Context examples
Meg bathed the insulted hand with glycerine and tears, Beth felt that even her beloved kittens would fail as a balm for griefs like this, Jo wrathfully proposed that Mr. Davis be arrested without delay, and Hannah shook her fist at the 'villain' and pounded potatoes for dinner as if she had him under her pestle.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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