paraffin
IPA: pˈɛrʌfʌn
noun
- (UK) A petroleum-based thin and colourless fuel oil.
- (chemistry) Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons.
- Paraffin wax.
verb
- To impregnate or treat with paraffin.
- To embed in paraffin wax.
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Examples of "paraffin" in Sentences
- You have seen boxes of hard, smooth, white candles with the name paraffin marked on the cover.
- In early 1924, Blau attempted to observe recoil protons produced by alpha particles in paraffin.
- The next and the most important derivative is the petroleum oil, used for burning in paraffin-lamps.
- The situation is as bad for the urban poor, who don't own cars but cook with paraffin, which is just has hard to get.
- Moreover, it was known that ligation of the ducts of the pancreas, or their injection by oil or paraffin, is not followed by diabetes.
- The same effect can be sustained for longer by attaching a chicken wire cage to a chain, filling it with wire wool and dipping it in paraffin.
- I bought a chunk of paraffin from the canning-supplies section of a grocery store more than 15 years ago and haven't even come close to using 1/4 of it yet.
- The practice of mixing diesel with paraffin, which is duty-free, cost the government an estimated R300-million to R500-million a year in lost revenue, Ravele told reporters.
- Manuel announced in February that paraffin, which is widely used by poor people for heating and lighting, would be zero-rated for VAT purposes, thereby cutting the fuel's price by about 40 cents a litre.
- October 28th, 2009 at 3: 13 am seems like paraffin is generally accepted as non toxic it was used to seal preserves for years and i think it is the basis for the wax they put on most fruits and veggies at the big markets. is it totally harmless? probably not but seems like there are bigger concerns that the toxisity of parrafin. the flamability does seem like a potential issue but if it is sealed from O2 then that is proabaly not a concern either.
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