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MINERAL OIL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does mineral oil mean?

• MINERAL OIL (noun)
The noun MINERAL OIL has 1 sense:

1. a distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener)

Familiarity information: MINERAL OIL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MINERAL OIL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("mineral oil" is a kind of...):

oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)

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