"petroleum jelly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: petroleum jellies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} petroleum jelly (plural petroleum jellies)
  1. A pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in lubricants and ointments. Wikipedia link: petroleum jelly Categories (topical): Petroleum Synonyms: multi-hydrocarbon, petrolatum, soft paraffin, Vaseline (english: in some countries), vaseline, white petrolatum Related terms: paraffinum molle album, paraffinum molle flavum Translations (pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum): petrolat [masculine] (Catalan), 礦脂 [scientific, sciences] (Chinese Mandarin), 矿脂 (kuàngzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), 凡士林 (Vaseline) (Chinese Mandarin), vazelína [feminine] (Czech), vaseliini (Finnish), vaselina [feminine] (Galician), punnerusaaq (Greenlandic), veasailín [masculine] (Irish), petrolato [masculine] (Italian), ワセリン (Waserin) (Japanese), vaselina [feminine] (Portuguese), вазели́н (vazelín) [masculine] (Russian), vaselina [feminine] (Spanish), petrolato [masculine] (Spanish), vaselin [neuter] (Swedish), petroleumgelé [common-gender] (Swedish), vazelin (Turkish)

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