resin
IPA: rˈɛzʌn
noun
- A viscous hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees.
- 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.
- Any synthetic compound of similar properties.
verb
- (transitive) To apply resin to.
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Examples of "resin" in Sentences
- It was cast in resin and came unpainted.
- We form the resin in the presence of the cement.
- The spheres were found in the resin of the trees.
- After the resin is hardened, the mold is removed.
- The metal resinate is a combination of tin and antimony resinate.
- Pure frankincense is the resin of a tree of the boswellia species.
- The Greeks chewed mastic gum, made from the resin of the mastic tree.
- The resin of the Aleppo Pine is used to flavor the Greek wine retsina.
- It is unpainted and the different plastic and resin parts are distinguishable.
- It is unpainted and the plastic and the hardened resin parts are not distinguishable.
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