ETYM French térébentine, Old Fren. also turbentine.
1. Obtained from conifers (especially pines); SYN. gum terpentine.
2. Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally; SYN. oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine, turps.
Solution of resins distilled from the sap of conifers, used in varnish and as a paint solvent but now largely replaced by white spirit. + prikaži više