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TURPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does turps mean?
• TURPS (noun)
The noun TURPS has 1 sense:
1. volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
Familiarity information: TURPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
oil of turpentine; spirit of turpentine; turpentine; turps
Hypernyms ("turps" is a kind of...):
essential oil; volatile oil (an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings)
Meronyms (substance of "turps"):
gum terpentine; turpentine (obtained from conifers (especially pines))
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