resin
A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance…A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.
» Yanni needs to scrape the resin.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.
Pine trees produce a sticky resin.
Harz
смола́smolá, смольsmolʹ
смола́smolá
(countable, uncountable)Any synthetic compound of similar properties.
The artist used synthetic resin in her sculptures.
Kunstharz
- any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
Examples
156 sentencesYanni needs to scrape the resin.
Yanni scraped the resin by hand.
Yanni wiped up the resin quickly.
Some resins are thicker than others.
Yanni is scratching off the resin.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English resyn, resyne, from Old French résine, from Latin resīna. Doublet of rFrom Middle English resyn, resyne, from Old French résine, from Latin resīna. Doublet of rosin.
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Forms
plural: resinsSynonyms
1 synonyms- any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules:rosin
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable