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NAPHTHA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents
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Hypernyms ("naphtha" is a kind of...):
hydrocarbon (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)
dissolvent; dissolver; dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)