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PARAFFIN OIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paraffin oil mean?
• PARAFFIN OIL (noun)
The noun PARAFFIN OIL has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: PARAFFIN OIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(British usage) kerosine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
paraffin; paraffin oil
Hypernyms ("paraffin oil" is a kind of...):
coal oil; kerosene; kerosine; lamp oil (a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters)
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