turpentine

From Middle English terebentyne, terbentyne, turbentine, from Old French terbentine, turbentine, Latin terebinthīna, from terebintha, from Ancient Greek τερεβινθίνη (terebinthínē), from τερεβινθινος (terebinthinos), from τερέβινθος (terébinthos). Related to terpene and terpin; etymologically equivalent to terebinth +‎ -ine.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː.pənˌtaɪn/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɝ.pənˌtaɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)pəntaɪn

turpentine (countable and uncountable, plural turpentines)

2. Any oleoresin secreted by the wood or bark of certain trees.
4. A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner.

   Synonyms: spirit of turpentine, spirits of turpentine, oil of turpentine, terebenthene, terebinthine, turps, tarpin

5. (Australia) A turpentine tree (genus Syncarpia).
   • 1954 March, “The Hayman Island Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 207:

     Turpentine timber was obtained from the forests outside Maryborough and Townsville, and shipped by rail and landing craft to Hayman Island.

• terebic
• terebinth
• terpene

• → Irish: tuirpintín
• → Welsh: tyrpant

• white spirit
• naval stores

turpentine (third-person singular simple present turpentines, present participle turpentining, simple past and past participle turpentined)

1. (transitive) To drain resin from (a tree) for use in making turpentine.

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