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paraffin   (TTS Sound)

The noun paraffin has 3 senses

• paraffin, paraffin wax -- (from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings)


• methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin -- (a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2))


• paraffin, paraffin oil -- ((British usage) kerosine)