Resin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of numerous clear to translucent yellow or brown, solid or semisolid, viscous substances of plant origin, such as copal, rosin, and amber, used principally in lacquers, varnishes, inks, adhesives, synthetic plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
  • n. Any of numerous physically similar polymerized synthetics or chemically modified natural resins including thermoplastic materials such as polyvinyl, polystyrene, and polyethylene and thermosetting materials such as polyesters, epoxies, and silicones that are used with fillers, stabilizers, pigments, and other components to form plastics.
  • v. To treat or rub with resin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A viscous hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees.
  • n. Any of various yellowish viscous liquids or soft solids of plant origin; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications; chemically they are mostly hydrocarbons, often polycyclic.
  • n. Any synthetic compound of similar properties.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see rosin).
  • n. Any of various polymeric substance resembling the natural resins[1], prepared synthetically; -- they are used, especially in particulate form, in research and industry for their property of specifically absorbing or adsorbing substances of particular types; they are especially useful in separation processes such as chromatography.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A hardened secretion found in many species of plants, or a substance produced by exposure of the secretion to the air.
  • n. The precipitate formed by treating a tincture with water.
  • n. See rosin, 2.
  • To treat, rub, or coat with resin.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
  • Verb Form
    resined    resining    resins   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    rosin   
    Form
    resinate    resinous   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rosin    pitch    fat   
    Same Context
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    gum    camphor    tallow    sulphur    wax    soap    alum    turpentine    starch    tar