cosmoline
/K AO1 Z M AH0 L IY1 N/noun
- 1
(organic chemistry, petrochemistry) A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffins.
verb
- 1
To coat with cosmoline.
Translate “cosmoline” into another language
Choose a language below to open the translator with English selected as the source language.