Definitions for turpentine

turpentine tur·pen·tine

Spelling: [tur-puh n-tahyn]
IPA: /ˈtɜr pənˌtaɪn/

Turpentine is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 317 anagrams from letters in turpentine (eeinnprttu).

Definitions for turpentine

noun

  1. any of various oleoresins derived from coniferous trees, especially the longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, and yielding a volatile oil and a resin when distilled.
  2. Also called Chian turpentine. an oleoresin exuded by the terebinth, Pistacia terebinthus.
  3. oil of turpentine.

verb (used with object)

  1. to treat with turpentine; apply turpentine to.
  2. to gather or take crude turpentine from (trees).

Origin of turpentine

1275-1325; late Middle English, alteration of Middle English ter(e)bentyn(e) Medieval Latin ter(e)bentīna, for Latin terebinthīna, noun use of feminine of terebinthīnus of the turpentine tree

Examples for turpentine

Judge: We don't want to know what the oyster said or the turpentine either.

Pete: Here I am, bound to blaze, as the spirits of turpentine said, when he was all a fire.

The hot water will heat the turpentine, and the turpentine will melt the paraffin.

A little spirit of turpentine, or linseed oil, mixed with lime water, if kept constantly to the part will remove the pain.

She looks into my kennels, and it is as if turpentine had been rubbed on the hounds' snouts.

No article of commerce is so liable to waste and leakage as turpentine.

It was made from pig's fat, sesame, bitter almonds, and turpentine.

Understand the mixing of oils; turpentine, etc., to the proper consistency.

Then pile your tent into a tub and pour in the turpentine and paraffin mixture.

Melt them well together over a slow fire; add a spoonful of turpentine, and lamp-black sufficient to give it a good black colour.

Word Value for turpentine
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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