Oil of turpentine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
    spirit of turpentine; turpentine; turps.

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Definitions
  1. (Chem.), a colorless oily hydrocarbon, C10H16, of a pleasant aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of crude turpentine. It is used in making varnishes, in medicine, etc. It is the type of the terpenes and is related to cymene. Called also terebenthene, terpene, etc.

Webster 1913