Vaseline Definition

văsə-lēn, văsə-lēn
noun
Petrolatum.
Webster's New World
Petroleum jelly (now sold by Unilever) under the trade name Vaseline.
"Hearts of putty, hearts of vaseline" (Aldous Huxley, Brief Candles, 1930)
Wiktionary

A greenish-yellow coloured glass, or the colouring used in the manufacture of this glass.

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verb

To lubricate with vaseline.

"Even at this late date, vaselining will preserve the best of these leathers."
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other
A trademark for a brand of petroleum jelly.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Vaseline

Noun

Singular:
Vaseline
Plural:
vaselines

Origin of Vaseline

  • Coined by Robert A. Chesebrough around 1870, reputedly from the German "Wasser" (water) plus the Greek "elaion" (oil).

    From Wiktionary

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