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
A thick substance used as a component in artists' oil painting to create glossy, translucent glazes, nowadays largely replaced by synthetic substitutes
Turpentine is entirely unrelated to modern "substitute turpentine" or "white spirit" A wide range of oleoresins, distilled from coniferous trees Many uses as a solvent, particularly for paints and lacquers see also Venice Turpentine
A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region
A colorless, volatile oil distilled from pine Used as a thinner and cleaning solvent in the past, it has since been replaced by mineral spirits or white spirits
Turpentine is a colourless liquid used, for example, for cleaning paint off brushes. a type of oil used for making paint more liquid or removing it from clothes, brushes etc (tourbentine, from terebinthina, from terebinthus tree from which turpentine is obtained, from terebinthos). Any resinous exudate or extract from conifers, especially pines; now also commonly a term for its volatile fraction, oil (or spirits) of turpentine. Semifluid mixtures of organic compounds consisting of resins dissolved in a volatile oil, turpentines can be distilled (see distillation) into the volatile oil of turpentine and the nonvolatile rosin. The oil, a mixture of monoterpenes (see isoprenoid), chiefly pinene, is a colourless, odorous, flammable liquid that does not mix with water but is a good solvent for many substances. Oil of turpentine is favoured over petroleum solvents as an oil-paint thinner, varnish solvent, and brush cleaner. Its chief use is now as a raw material for resins, insecticides, oil additives, and synthetic pine oil and camphor and as a solvent