Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various light hydrocarbon oils, especially a distillate of petroleum.
- n. A refined distillate of petroleum, used as a laxative.
Wiktionary
- n. any mixture of aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons derived from petroleum used for very many applications, but not as a fuel
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. See Naphtha, and Petroleum.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener)
Examples
“And both mineral oil and petrolatum have been shown to cause chemically induced acne.”
“Insisted that he only needed a little mineral oil and some peppermint for his stomachache!”
“Synthetic emollients, such as mineral oil or petrolatum”
“Super-cheap mineral oil and petroleum jelly may be derived from natural petroleum, for example, but they are so highly processed exposed to heat and pressure that they no longer readily break down in the environment or on the skin.”
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
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veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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ENVI - Collocations MNOPQ
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