Solvent vs. Turpentine

Solventnoun

A liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.

Solventnoun

That which resolves.

Solventadjective

Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.

Solventadjective

Having the power of dissolving; causing solution.

Solventadjective

Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.

Solventadjective

Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.

Solventnoun

A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.

Solventnoun

That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.

Solventnoun

a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances;

Solventnoun

a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;

Solventadjective

capable of meeting financial obligations

Solvent

A solvent (from the Latin solvō, ) is a substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid, a gas, or a supercritical fluid.

Turpentinenoun

A volatile essential oil obtained from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; it is a complex mixture of monoterpenes; it is used as a solvent and paint thinner.

Turpentineverb

(transitive) To drain resin from (a tree) for use in making turpentine.

Turpentinenoun

A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.

Turpentinenoun

obtained from conifers (especially pines)

Turpentinenoun

volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally

Turpentinenoun

a volatile pungent oil distilled from gum turpentine or pine wood, used in mixing paints and varnishes and in liniment.

Turpentinenoun

an oleoresin secreted by certain trees, especially pines, and distilled to make rosin and oil of turpentine.

Turpentinenoun

any of a number of trees which yield turpentine or a similar resin.

Turpentineverb

apply turpentine to

Turpentine

Turpentine (which is also called gum turpentine, spirit of turpentine, oil of turpentine, wood turpentine, terebenthene, terebinthine and (colloquially), turps) is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin harvested from living trees, mainly pines. Mainly used as a specialized solvent, it is also a source of material for organic syntheses.