Petroleum Jelly Definition

noun

Petrolatum.

Webster's New World
A colorless-to-amber semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum and used in lubricants and medicinal ointments.
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Noun

Singular:
petroleum jelly
Plural:
petroleum-jellies

Petroleum Jelly Sentence Examples

  • In bullfights, bulls are often debilitated with tranquilizers or beatings and are blinded by having petroleum jelly rubbed into their eyes.

  • You can use petroleum jelly to hold the sealing rings in place during assembly.

  • When clean, smear petroleum jelly onto the battery terminals both before and after reconnecting.

  • There were small quantities of black lubricant on certain joints and this was cleaned off and replaced with white petroleum jelly on reassembly.

  • A little petroleum jelly applied on the inner side of the nose can also soften scabs.

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Words Starting With

PPEPET

Words Ending With

YLYLLY

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petroleum jelly

Words Starting With P and Ending With Y

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