How to pronounce turpentine
American English pronunciation
TUR-pun-tyne
- IPA
- /ˈtɝpənˌtaɪn/
- Syllables
- TUR · pun · tyne (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What turpentine means
A strong-smelling oil from pine trees, used to thin paint
In a sentence: The painter cleaned her brushes in a jar of turpentine.
Where it comes from: It came through French and Latin from a Greek word for the terebinth, a tree that gives off a sticky sap.
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