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Petroleum jelly Moderate

Petroleum jelly has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication

2

A pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in lubricants and ointments.

See Also
ointment semisolid vaseline lubricant multi hydrocarbon petroleum jellies mixture hydrocarbon
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
jelly mixture
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Vaseline
Rhyming Words
lly ally illy elly olly tilly felly cilly colly dilly nelly gelly pilly dally pelly lally gally jilly mally celly
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