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Meaning:

Noun:

  • British A petroleum based thin and colorless fuel oil, (kerosene in US English).
  • chemistry Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons.
  • paraffin wax.

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Verb:

  • To impregnate or treat with paraffin

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