Definitions of rosin [ˈrɒz ɪn]

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Definition of 'rosin'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rosin
the yellowish to amber, translucent, brittle resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used esp. in making varnishes and for rubbing on the bows of stringed instruments.

2. (v.t.) rosin
to cover or rub with rosin.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME < OF

Definition of 'rosin'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) resin, rosin
any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules

2. (verb) rosin
rub rosin onto
"rosin the violin bow"

Definition of 'rosin'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) rosin
the hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony

2. (verb) rosin
to rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin

Translation of 'rosin'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the hardened resin of some trees, used on the bows of stringed musical instruments.
Afrikaans: hars	Arabic: راتينْج القَلْفونِيَّه: م	Bulgarian: дървесна смола
Brazilian: resina	Czech: kalafuna	German: das Harz, das Kolophonium
Danish: hård harpiks	Greek: ρητινέλαιο	Spanish: colofonia
Estonian: kampol	Farsi: رزین	Finnish: hartsi
French: colophane	Hebrew: שָׂרַף	Hindi: गंधराल, रोजिन डामर
Croatian: kolofonij	Hungarian: gyanta	Indonesian: damar
Icelandic: harpeis	Italian: colofonia	Japanese: ロジン
Korean: 로진, 송진	Lithuanian: kanifolija	Latvian: kolofonijs
Malay: damar	Dutch: hars	Norwegian: hard harpiks
Polish: kalafonia	Persian: رزین	Pashto: یو ډول موم چی د تارپین څخ
Portuguese: resina	Romanian: sacâz	Russian: канифоль
Slovak: prírodná živica; kalafuna	Slovenian: kolofonija	Serbian: stvrdnuta smola
Swedish: harts, kolofonium	Thai: ชันสน	Turkish: reçine
Taiwanese: 松香	Ukrainian: каніфоль	Urdu: تارپین کی تلچھٹ
Vietnamese: colophan, loại nhựa dùng	Chinese: 松香
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