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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