paraffin

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. from crude petroleum;
used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
• Syn:
paraffin wax
• Hypernyms:
wax
2. a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
• Syn:
methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series
• Hypernyms:
aliphatic compound
• Hyponyms:
butane, amine, aminoalkane, ethane, C2H6,
heptane, hexane, methane
3. (British usage) kerosine
• Syn:
paraffin oil
• Hypernyms:
kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  paraffin oil, methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin wax