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noun
A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any synthetic compound of similar properties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To apply resin to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: rosin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organic compound
Narrower terms: East India kino, Malabar kino, kino gum, natural resin, synthetic resin
History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥητῑ́νη (rhētī́nē)bor. Latin rēsīnader. Old French résinebor. Middle English resyn English resin From Middle English resyn, resyne, from Old French résine, from Latin resīna. Doublet of rosin.
Across languages
129 source translations are retained for this English entry.
