<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a white or colorless, tasteless, odorless, water-insoluble, solid substance not easily acted upon by reagents, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons chiefly of the alkane series, obtained from crude petroleum: used in candles, for forming preservative coatings and seals, for waterproofing paper, etc.</li><li>Chemistry: any member of the alkane series.</li><li>one of the higher members of the alkane series, solid at ordinary temperatures, having a boiling point above 300°C, which largely constitutes the commercial form of this substance.</li><li>also called paraffin oil.</li><li>British: kerosene.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to cover or impregnate with paraffin.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>