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NAPHTHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does naphtha mean? 

NAPHTHA (noun)
  The noun NAPHTHA has 1 sense:

1. any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solventsplay

  Familiarity information: NAPHTHA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NAPHTHA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("naphtha" is a kind of...):

hydrocarbon (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)

dissolvent; dissolver; dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)


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