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MINERAL OIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mineral oil" is a kind of...):
oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)
Context examples:
Untreated and mildly treated mineral oils contain the highest amount of aromatic and unsaturated compounds and are primarily used as a lubricant base oil to produce further refined oil products.
(Mineral oil, NCI Thesaurus)
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