Usually means: Oily, semi-solid, hydrophobic lubricant.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. petroleum jelly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. petroleum jelly: Merriam-Webster
  3. petroleum jelly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. petroleum jelly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. petroleum jelly: Collins English Dictionary
  6. petroleum jelly: Vocabulary.com
  7. petroleum-jelly: Wordnik
  8. petroleum jelly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. petroleum jelly: Wiktionary
  10. petroleum jelly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. petroleum jelly: Dictionary.com
  12. Petroleum jelly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. petroleum jelly: Rhymezone
  14. petroleum jelly: FreeDictionary.org
  15. petroleum jelly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. petroleum jelly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. petroleum jelly: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. petroleum jelly: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Petroleum jelly: Merck Manuals
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  4. KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words (No longer online)
  5. petroleum jelly: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. petroleum jelly, jelly, petroleum: Medical dictionary

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  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (petroleum jelly)

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

Similar:
petrolatum, mineral jelly, soft paraffin, petroleum ether, penetrating oil, lotion, liquefied petroleum gas, paraffin oil, kerosene, ligroin, more...

Opposite:
lotion, cream.

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Similar:
petrolatum, mineral jelly, soft paraffin, petroleum ether, penetrating oil, lotion, liquefied petroleum gas, paraffin oil, kerosene, ligroin, more...

Opposite:
lotion, cream.



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