paraffin

[US]/'pærəfɪn/
[UK]/'pærəfɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. petroleum wax

Phrases & Collocations

paraffin wax

paraffin treatment

paraffin oil

paraffin section

liquid paraffin

chlorinated paraffin

paraffin base

paraffin removal

Example Sentences

candle made of paraffin

paraffin treatment for hands

paraffin fuel for camping stoves

paraffin coating for waterproofing

Real-world Examples

The insides are yellow and the outside is covered with a red paraffin wax.

Source: Perspective Encyclopedia of Gourmet Food

If you want it to keep for the winter, you just seal it with paraffin.

Source: Victoria Kitchen

She poured paraffin on the dry floors and on the pandanus-mats, and then she set fire.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

No, thank you. Sometimes, even to deny these things is only to throw paraffin onto the flames.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 1

Traditionally, Camembert is packaged in paraffin paper and placed in a wooden box.

Source: Perspective Encyclopedia of Gourmet Food

Also, the toys he made of paraffin were good, without paralle!

Source: Pan Pan

I cook simple food 'on my old paraffin stove; mostly stews and things like that.

Source: Beginner English Listening

The shadow of a well-uprooted beard on his paraffin face looked like a question of conscience.

Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude

Both rely on heating tiny tiles of paraffin wax that have been impregnated with various liquid perfumes.

Source: The Economist Science and Technology

If you want it to keep for the winter, you just seal it with paraffin. It never lasts that long in this house.

Source: Victoria Kitchen

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