Usually means: Waxy substance used in candles.
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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word paraffin:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. paraffin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. paraffin: Merriam-Webster
  3. paraffin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. paraffin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. paraffin: Collins English Dictionary
  6. paraffin: Vocabulary.com
  7. Paraffin, paraffin: Wordnik
  8. paraffin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. paraffin: Wiktionary
  10. paraffin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. paraffin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. paraffin: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. paraffin: Dictionary.com
  14. paraffin: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Paraffin (album), Paraffin (disambiguation), Paraffin (fuel), Paraffin (song), Paraffin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Paraffin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. paraffin: Rhymezone
  18. Paraffin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. Paraffin: Britih-American Dictionary
  20. paraffin: FreeDictionary.org
  21. paraffin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. paraffin: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. paraffin: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Paraffin: Health & Beauty Glossary
  3. Epicurus.com Cheese Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Spa Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paraffin: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. paraffin: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. paraffin: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. paraffin, paraffin: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. paraffin: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Tech (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Beauty Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Paraffin: Glossary of Cheese Terms
  5. Explosives (No longer online)
  6. Paraffin: Beauty & Health Glossary
  7. Oil Analysis (No longer online)
  8. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool (No longer online)
  10. Glossary for the Modern Soap Maker (No longer online)

(Note: See paraffined as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (UK, Ireland) A petroleum-based thin and colourless fuel oil.
noun:  (petrochemistry, organic chemistry) Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons.
noun:  Paraffin wax.
verb:  To impregnate or treat with paraffin.
verb:  To embed in paraffin wax.

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