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A pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in lubricants and ointments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: multi-hydrocarbon, petrolatum, soft paraffin, Vaseline, white petrolatum
Antonyms: none provided
a semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: petrolatum, mineral jelly
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mixture, jelly
Narrower terms: Vaseline
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
petrolat
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Chinese Mandarin:
礦脂 /矿脂
(kuàngzhī)
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Chinese Mandarin:
凡士林
(Vaseline)
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Czech:
vazelína
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Finnish:
vaseliini
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Galician:
vaselina
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Greenlandic:
punnerusaaq
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Irish:
veasailín
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Italian:
petrolato
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Japanese:
ワセリン
(Waserin)
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Portuguese:
vaselina
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Russian:
вазели́н
(vazelín)
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Spanish:
vaselina
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Spanish:
petrolato
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Swedish:
vaselin
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Swedish:
petroleumgelé
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum
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Turkish:
vazelin
— pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum