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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 solvents
Familiarity information: NAPHTHA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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