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COLOPHONY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does colophony mean?
• COLOPHONY (noun)
The noun COLOPHONY has 1 sense:
1. translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments
Familiarity information: COLOPHONY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("colophony" is a kind of...):
natural resin (a plant exudate)
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