paraffine

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A form of paraffin — A petroleum-based thin and colourless fuel oil.

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Meanings

nounparaffine (countable and uncountable, plural paraffines)

plural paraffines

  1. countabledateduncountableDated form of paraffin.

    He cleared out the coals from under the staircase, built a neat fire of firewood and paper there, he splashed about paraffine and arranged the lamps and can even as he had designed, and made a fine inflammable pile of things in the little parlour behind the shop.

    1909, H. G. Wells, chapter 8, in The History of Mr Polly, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 214
verbparaffine (third-person singular simple present paraffines, present participle paraffining, simple past and past participle paraffined)

present singular third person paraffines · participle present paraffining · participle past paraffined · past paraffined

  1. datedDated form of paraffin.
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APA

paraffine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraffine

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“paraffine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraffine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paraffine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraffine.

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