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Definitions for Rosin

[1] Chemistry . the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
[2] resin.
[3] to cover or rub with rosin.
[4] Also called: colophony a translucent brittle amber substance produced in the distillation of crude turpentine oleoresin and used esp in making varnishes, printing inks, and sealing waxes and for treating the bows of stringed instruments
[5] (not in technical usage) another name for resin (def. 1)
[6] (tr) to treat or coat with rosin

Words related to Rosin

paste, wax, amber, adhesive, plaster, cement, pitch, glue, mucilage, tar, exudate, resin

Words nearby Rosin

rosicrucian, rosicrucianism, rosie, rosie lee, rosily, rosin, rosin oil, rosina, rosinante, rosiner, rosinweed

Origin of Rosin

1300–50; Middle English < Old French, variant of resine resin

Words that may be confused with Rosin

resin, rosin

Other words from Rosin

ros·in·y , adjective

Word origin for Rosin

C14: variant of resin

Synonyms for Rosin

paste, wax, adhesive, amber, cement, exudate, glue, mucilage, pitch, plaster, resin, tar, cohesive substance