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A face in the picture would bother me, so I'd rub it out with the turpentine and do it over.
Norman Rockwell

Meaning of "turpentine" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TURPENTINE

Terebentyne, from Medieval Latin terbentīna, from Latin terebinthīna turpentine, from terebinthus the turpentine tree, terebinth.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TURPENTINE

turpentine  [ˈtɜːpənˌtaɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TURPENTINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Turpentine is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb turpentine in English.

WHAT DOES TURPENTINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

turpentine

Turpentine

Turpentine is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin obtained from live trees, mainly pines. It is mainly used as a solvent and as a source of materials for organic synthesis. Turpentine is composed of terpenes, mainly the monoterpenes alpha-pinene and beta-pinene with lesser amounts of carene, camphene, dipentene, and terpinolene. The word turpentine derives from the Greek word τερεβινθίνη terebinthine, the name of a species of tree, the terebinth tree. Mineral turpentine or other petroleum distillates are used to replace turpentine, but they are very different chemically.

Definition of turpentine in the English dictionary

The first definition of turpentine in the dictionary is Also called: gum turpentine. any of various viscous oleoresins obtained from various coniferous trees, esp from the longleaf pine, and used as the main source of commercial turpentine. Other definition of turpentine is a brownish-yellow sticky viscous oleoresin that exudes from the terebinth tree. Turpentine is also Also called: oil of turpentine, spirits of turpentine. a colourless flammable volatile liquid with a pungent odour, distilled from turpentine oleoresin. It is an essential oil containing a mixture of terpenes and is used as a solvent for paints and in medicine as a rubefacient and expectorant Sometimes shortened to: turps.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TURPENTINE

PRESENT

Present
I turpentine
you turpentine
he/she/it turpentines
we turpentine
you turpentine
they turpentine
Present continuous
I am turpentining
you are turpentining
he/she/it is turpentining
we are turpentining
you are turpentining
they are turpentining
Present perfect
I have turpentined
you have turpentined
he/she/it has turpentined
we have turpentined
you have turpentined
they have turpentined
Present perfect continuous
I have been turpentining
you have been turpentining
he/she/it has been turpentining
we have been turpentining
you have been turpentining
they have been turpentining
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I turpentined
you turpentined
he/she/it turpentined
we turpentined
you turpentined
they turpentined
Past continuous
I was turpentining
you were turpentining
he/she/it was turpentining
we were turpentining
you were turpentining
they were turpentining
Past perfect
I had turpentined
you had turpentined
he/she/it had turpentined
we had turpentined
you had turpentined
they had turpentined
Past perfect continuous
I had been turpentining
you had been turpentining
he/she/it had been turpentining
we had been turpentining
you had been turpentining
they had been turpentining
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will turpentine
you will turpentine
he/she/it will turpentine
we will turpentine
you will turpentine
they will turpentine
Future continuous
I will be turpentining
you will be turpentining
he/she/it will be turpentining
we will be turpentining
you will be turpentining
they will be turpentining
Future perfect
I will have turpentined
you will have turpentined
he/she/it will have turpentined
we will have turpentined
you will have turpentined
they will have turpentined
Future perfect continuous
I will have been turpentining
you will have been turpentining
he/she/it will have been turpentining
we will have been turpentining
you will have been turpentining
they will have been turpentining
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would turpentine
you would turpentine
he/she/it would turpentine
we would turpentine
you would turpentine
they would turpentine
Conditional continuous
I would be turpentining
you would be turpentining
he/she/it would be turpentining
we would be turpentining
you would be turpentining
they would be turpentining
Conditional perfect
I would have turpentine
you would have turpentine
he/she/it would have turpentine
we would have turpentine
you would have turpentine
they would have turpentine
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been turpentining
you would have been turpentining
he/she/it would have been turpentining
we would have been turpentining
you would have been turpentining
they would have been turpentining
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you turpentine
we let´s turpentine
you turpentine
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to turpentine
Past participle
turpentined
Present Participle
turpentining
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TURPENTINE


aconitine
əˈkɒnɪˌtaɪn
argentine
ˈɑːdʒənˌtaɪn
Aventine
ˈævɪnˌtaɪn
Ballantyne
ˈbælənˌtaɪn
Byzantine
bɪˈzænˌtaɪn
carnitine
ˈkɑːnɪˌtaɪn
Constantine
ˈkɒnstənˌtaɪn
Courantyne
ˈkɜːrənˌtaɪn
eglantine
ˈɛɡlənˌtaɪn
Florentine
ˈflɒrənˌtaɪn
Heseltine
ˈhɛzəlˌtaɪn
infantine
ˈɪnfənˌtaɪn
legatine
ˈlɛɡəˌtaɪn
levantine
ˈlɛvənˌtaɪn
palatine
ˈpæləˌtaɪn
porpentine
ˈpɔːpənˌtaɪn
serotine
ˈsɛrəˌtaɪn
serpentine
ˈsɜːpənˌtaɪn
valentine
ˈvælənˌtaɪn
vespertine
ˈvɛspəˌtaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TURPENTINE

turnsole
turnspit
turnstile
turnstone
turntable
turntable ladder
turntablist
Turnverein
turophile
TURP
turpentine substitute
turpentine tree
turpentiny
turpeth
Turpin
turpitude
turps
turquoise
turret
turret gun

WORDS THAT END LIKE TURPENTINE

adamantine
amarantine
barkentine
barquentine
bisontine
brigantine
brilliantine
clementine
dentine
diamantine
elephantine
galantine
intine
nicotine
oil of turpentine
pantine
quarantine
spirits of turpentine
the Argentine
tontine
Tridentine

Synonyms and antonyms of turpentine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «turpentine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TURPENTINE

Find out the translation of turpentine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of turpentine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «turpentine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

松节油
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trementina
570 millions of speakers

English

turpentine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तारपीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زيت التربنتين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скипидар
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

terebintina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তার্পিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

essence de térébenthine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Turpentin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Terpentin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

テレビン油
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

식물성 기름
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Turpentine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhựa thông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டர்பெண்டைன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टर्पेन्टाइन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

terebentin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trementina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

terpentyny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скипидар
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

terebentină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νέφτι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

terpentyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

terpentin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

terpentin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of turpentine

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TURPENTINE»

The term «turpentine» is regularly used and occupies the 66.395 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «turpentine».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TURPENTINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «turpentine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «turpentine» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about turpentine

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «TURPENTINE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word turpentine.
1
Edward Hopper
It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pure turpentine to start with, adding oil as I go along until the medium becomes pure oil. I use as little oil as I can possibly help, and that's my method.
2
Robert Ingpen
My studio is not arty. It doesn't smell of turpentine, and I'm not knee-high in paper.
3
Norman Rockwell
A face in the picture would bother me, so I'd rub it out with the turpentine and do it over.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TURPENTINE»

Discover the use of turpentine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to turpentine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The demand and price situation for forest products, 1964
Moreover, for this period in 1964, about 85 percent of crude tall oil was fractionated or distilled, compared with 79% percent a year earlier. Unless turpentine prices increase sufficiently to stimulate naval stores output, the outlook for 1965 is for ...
Dwight Hair, Alice H. Ulrich, 1964
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Turpentine
In 1871, Edward Turrentine Bayard III, sick and restless, leaves his Connecticut home to recover out west.
Spring Warren, 2007
3
Pining for Turpentine: Critical Nostalgia, Memory, and ...
This thesis explores the intersection of work, memory, and nostalgia in commemorative expression.
Timothy C. Prizer, 2009
4
Turpentine's Soul
They watched as the men fought, Stiletto moving like a striking snake, Turpentine lunging like a mad grizzly. Uzziel clenched his hands into fists when Turpentine wrapped his brawny arms around Stiletto. "Do not fail God, Keegan Turpentine," ...
Jerry Stordahl, 2007
5
Post Hurricane Black Turpentine Beetle Damage
The forestry industry is also the largest agricultural commodity in Louisiana, producing 4.6 billion dollars in 2006. The Black Turpentine Beetle (BTB) has previously caused an extensive amount of damage to southern states (Hurwitz, 2006).
Richard Johnson, II, 2007
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How to distinguish attacks by the black turpentine beetle ...
The black turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Oliv.), and larvae of the moth Dioryctria amatella (Hulst) commonly attack the trunks of southern pines ( figures 1 and 2). Occasionally both species attack the same tree, and it is difficult to ...
Carl W. Fatzinger, Gary L. DeBarr, 1969
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Turpentine: A Tale Hard to Swallow
A Tale Hard to Swallow. 'od 'otf 'oí Q9 об 00 $ oö V All eyes turned toward Turpentine, whose only thought now was to escape. "WEll? thundered the Mighty Mastodon. " Sssssssssssearch me/' hissed Turpentine.
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Black turpentine beetle infestations after thinning in a ...
U.S. FOREST SERVICE RESEARCH NOTE SEP 13 1976 LIBRARY Black turpentine beetle infestations can be reduced substantially by minimizing injuries to residual trees during logging and avoiding harvesting on waterlogged soils to  ...
D. P. Feduccia, W. F. Mann, Southern Forest Experiment Station (New Orleans, La.), 1975
9
Looking for Longleaf: The Fall and Rise of an American Forest
The longleaf pine forests were the greatest turpentine forests in the country. They helped make the Southeast a worldwide economic player, and they made the state of North Carolina a naval stores kingpin. By 1840 North Carolina had a ...
Lawrence S. Earley, 2005
10
Flavours and Fragrances: Chemistry, Bioprocessing and ...
The majority of these oils and turpentine are used in fragrance applications and for the preparation of other chemicals not used as flavours and fragrances. In addition, the estimated 30,000 t of flavour volatiles obtained from renewable ...
Ralf Günter Berger, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TURPENTINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term turpentine is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Georgia Museum of Agriculture installs new turpentine exhibit in …
Turpentine camp artifacts, rosin barrels, a tree-cutting technique for collecting rosin called cat faces and various tools are on display. The centerpiece of the ... «Tifton Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Turpentine Births Modern Day Jacksonville
The turpentine and resin industry was a driving force behind the development of 19th century port cities like Pensacola and, of course, Jacksonville. «WJXT Jacksonville, Jul 15»
3
Turpentine Creek Offers Free Admission
EUREKA SPRINGS (KFSM) – Turpentine Creek is offering free admission Sunday (May 30) to residents of Carroll and Madison County. According to their ... «5newsonline.com, May 15»
4
Video: Stay the night with some big cats at Turpentine Creek
If you are looking for a little something wild to do on your next getaway weekend, consider a a few overnights at Turpentine Creek just south of Eureka Springs, ... «KY3, May 15»
5
Sunday Favorites: The Business of Turpentine
Way back in the early 1900s, turpentine was big business on the west coast of Florida. Used primarily for thinning oil based paints and creating varnishes, ... «The Bradenton Times, Mar 15»
6
Turpentine Creek Announces Construction Of New Vet Clinic
EUREKA SPRINGS (KFSM) – Turpentine Creek Wild Cat Rescue is the largest cat rescue facility in the nation, and is now getting a big upgrade. Staff biologist ... «5newsonline.com, Feb 15»
7
Heritage Hump Day: Haggis, "Turpentine"
Every Wednesday is Heritage Hump Day! That's because every Wednesday from now to the end of the year or before someone really big stops us, Heritage ... «Phoenix New Times, Jan 15»
8
Listen to Criminal Hygiene's New 'Turpentine' Seven-Inch
ANYWAYS, the band has a new seven-inch due out Tuesday, January 20th on New Professor Music, featuring their previously-released "Turpentine," as well as ... «Noisey, Jan 15»
9
Arizona hike: Turpentine Trail
Named for Ericameria laricifolia, a knee-high bush in the sunflower family, the Turpentine Trail in Scottsdale's McDowell Sonoran Preserve celebrates this ... «azcentral.com, Nov 14»
10
Siberian scientists on brink of Parkinson's cure
Physicians have long known that turpentine baths soothe nervous patients, with some clinics in Russia already using them to dampen down the symptoms of ... «The Siberian Times, Nov 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Turpentine [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/turpentine>. May 2024 ».
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