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PARAFFIN SCALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paraffin scale mean? 

PARAFFIN SCALE (noun)
  The noun PARAFFIN SCALE has 1 sense:

1. partly refined paraffin waxplay

  Familiarity information: PARAFFIN SCALE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARAFFIN SCALE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Partly refined paraffin wax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

paraffin scale; scale wax

Hypernyms ("paraffin scale" is a kind of...):

wax (any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water)


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