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How to pronounce turpentine in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms gum terpentine
Type of oleoresin
Has types chian turpentine
Type Words
Synonyms oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine, turps
Type of volatile oil, essential oil

Examples of turpentine

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Even in small amounts, the additive makes water smell and taste like turpentine.
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Then they put turpentine on the cuts and smeared black tar on my groin and chest.
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Even at lower levels, the chemical gives water the taste and smell of turpentine.
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Forward Branden Dawson was in the paint so much, he had to shower with turpentine.
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Mineral spirits, alcohol, turpentine and lacquer thinner also were rejected.
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That raw drink, acquired in the jungle, had a bouquet similar to that of turpentine.
From the washingtonpost.com
At low concentrations, the chemical causes water to smell and taste like turpentine.
From the ocregister.com
They worked making turpentine and eventually bought large tracts of land to the east.
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Turpentine kept pumping for a while, but demand at shipyards was declining.
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  • Obtained from conifers (especially pines)
  • Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
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  • A volatile essential oil obtained from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; it is a complex mixture of monoterpenes; it is used as a solvent and paint thinner
  • A volatile oil used as a thinner in paints and as a solvent in varnishes. Chemically, it is a mixture of terpenes.
  • Distilled pine oil, used as a cleaner, solvent or thinner for oil-based and alkyd coatings.