MINERAL JELLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mineral jelly mean? 

• MINERAL JELLY (noun)
  The noun MINERAL JELLY has 1 sense:

1. a semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication

  Familiarity information: MINERAL JELLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINERAL JELLY (noun)

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Meaning:

A semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

mineral jelly; petrolatum; petroleum jelly

Hypernyms ("mineral jelly" is a kind of...):

mixture ((chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding))

jelly (any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mineral jelly"):

Vaseline (a trademarked brand of petroleum jelly)

Holonyms ("mineral jelly" is a substance of...):

cordite (explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords)

petrolatum gauze (gauze saturated with petrolatum)