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paraffin
Overview of noun paraffin
The noun paraffin has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. paraffin, paraffin wax -- (from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings)
2. methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin -- (a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2))
3. paraffin, paraffin oil -- ((British usage) kerosine)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun paraffin
3 senses of paraffin
Sense 1
paraffin, paraffin wax
=> wax
=> lipid, lipide, lipoid
=> macromolecule, supermolecule
=> molecule
=> unit, building block
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> organic compound
=> compound, chemical compound
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin
=> aliphatic compound
=> organic compound
=> compound, chemical compound
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
paraffin, paraffin oil
=> kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil
=> fuel
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> hydrocarbon
=> organic compound
=> compound, chemical compound
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun paraffin
1 of 3 senses of paraffin
Sense 2
methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin
=> butane
=> amine, aminoalkane
=> ethane, C2H6
=> heptane
=> hexane
=> methane
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun paraffin
3 senses of paraffin
Sense 1
paraffin, paraffin wax
=> wax
Sense 2
methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin
=> aliphatic compound
Sense 3
paraffin, paraffin oil
=> kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil
Antonyms of noun paraffin
Member Holonyms of noun paraffin
Substance Holonyms of noun paraffin
Part Holonyms of noun paraffin
Member Meronyms of noun paraffin
Substance Meronyms of noun paraffin
Part Meronyms of noun paraffin
Meronyms of noun paraffin
Holonyms of noun paraffin
Attributes of noun paraffin
Derived Forms of noun paraffin
Domain of noun paraffin
Domain Terms of noun paraffin
Familiarity of noun paraffin
paraffin used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun paraffin
3 senses of paraffin
Sense 1
paraffin, paraffin wax
> wax
=> bayberry wax, bayberry tallow
=> carnauba wax, carnauba
=> candelilla wax
=> ceresin
=> floor wax
=> gondang wax, fig wax
=> Japan wax, Japan tallow
=> montan wax
=> pisang wax
=> scale wax, paraffin scale
=> ski wax
=> beeswax
=> cerumen, earwax
=> paraffin, paraffin wax
=> spermaceti
=> vegetable wax
=> shellac wax, lac wax
Sense 2
methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin
> aliphatic compound
=> acetylene, ethyne, alkyne
=> alicyclic compound
=> alkene, olefine, olefin
=> methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin
Sense 3
paraffin, paraffin oil
> kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil
=> paraffin, paraffin oil
Meronyms of noun paraffin
3 senses of paraffin
Sense 1
paraffin, paraffin wax
=> wax
=> lipid, lipide, lipoid
=> macromolecule, supermolecule
=> molecule
HAS PART: chain, chemical chain
HAS PART: atom
HAS PART: elementary particle, fundamental particle
HAS PART: nucleus
HAS PART: nucleon
HAS PART: group, radical, chemical group
=> unit, building block
HAS PART: part, piece
Holonyms of noun paraffin
Grep of noun paraffin
paraffin
paraffin oil
paraffin scale
paraffin series
paraffin wax
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