Meaning of Rosin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
   countable, uncountable
2. A surname.
3. Resin.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The action of the bow therefore depends almost entirely upon the application of rosin and upon its frictional properties. Violin rosin is a natural gum obtained from conifers such as larch that produce turpentine.”

“‘It is delicate,’ said Pansa, ‘but there is perhaps the least particle too much of rosin in its flavor.’”

“From three o'clock onward they would be burning rosin and pitch pine (the sign of preparation), and so one had the picturesque spectacle of a rank, some two or three miles long, of tall, ascending columns of coal-black smoke; […]”

“A thick, fat smoke oozed out from the fire, and a heavy smell of burned rosin and singed hair filled the air.”

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