VASELINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vaseline mean? 

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

1. a trademarked brand of petroleum jelly

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VASELINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A trademarked brand of petroleum jelly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Vaseline" is a kind of...):

mineral jelly; petrolatum; petroleum jelly (a semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication)

Domain usage:

trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)

 Context examples 

With vaseline upon one’s forehead, belladonna in one’s eyes, rouge over the cheek-bones, and crusts of beeswax round one’s lips, a very satisfying effect can be produced.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)