turpentine

From Middle English terebentyne, terbentyne, turbentine, from Old French terbentine, turbentine, ultimately from Ancient Greek τερέβινθος (terébinthos, “terebinth”). 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)

1. Any oleoresin secreted by the wood or bark of certain trees.
2. 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

3. (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.

• “turpentine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.