French Meaning of petrolatum
Vaseline
Other French words related to Vaseline
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of petrolatum
- petrol tank => Réservoir d'essence
- petrol station => Station-service
- petrol pump => pompe à essence
- petrol line => Conduite d'essence
- petrol gauge => Jauge à essence
- petrol gage => Jauge d'essence
- petrol engine => Moteur à essence
- petrol bomb => Cocktail Molotov
- petrol => essence
- petrohyoid => Pétrohyoïdien
- petrolatum gauze => Gaze vaselinée
- petroleum => pétrole
- petroleum geologist => Géologue pétrolier
- petroleum geology => Géologie pétrolière
- petroleum jelly => Vaseline
- petroleum refinery => Raffinerie de pétrole
- petroleur => pétrolier
- petroleuse => Pétroleuse
- petroline => pétrole
- petrologic => pétrologique
Definitions and Meaning of petrolatum in English
petrolatum (n)
a semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication
petrolatum (n.)
A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments.
FAQs About the word petrolatum
Vaseline
a semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubricationA semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
petrol tank => Réservoir d'essence, petrol station => Station-service, petrol pump => pompe à essence, petrol line => Conduite d'essence, petrol gauge => Jauge à essence,
