Paraffin

/ˈpɛɹ.ə.fɪn/

Synonyms for "paraffin" (74 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Strong matches (22)

crudecrude oildopeelectricityethaneethanolethylethyl gasfireballfiringflammableflammable materialfossil oilfuelfuel additivefuel dopefuel oilgasgas carbongasoline
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Related words (37)

high testhigh-octane gashigh-testilluminantilluminating gasinflammableinflammable materialisooctanejet fuelkerosenelead-free gaslight sourcelow-lead gasluminantmethanemethanolmotor oilnatural gasoctaneoil
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Noun(6 words)
hydrocarbonskerosinemethane seriesparaffin seriesparaffin waxwax

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

7 entries
aliphatic compoundcoal oilkerosenekerosinelamp oilmineral oilwax

More specific

4 entries
cosmetic paraffin oillaxative paraffinparaffin blockparaffin candle

Collocations

6 entries
paraffin blockparaffin candleparaffin embeddingparaffin lampparaffin oilparaffin wax

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

6 entries

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They want paraffin.

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We'll buy some paraffin.

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We'll buy some paraffin for them.

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She poured paraffin on the dry floors and on the pandanus-mats, and then she set fire.

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