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NAPHTHA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does naphtha mean?

• NAPHTHA (noun)
The noun NAPHTHA has 1 sense:

1. any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents

Familiarity information: NAPHTHA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NAPHTHA (noun)

Sense 1

naphtha ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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)

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