MINERAL OIL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener)

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("mineral oil" is a kind of...):

oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)

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Untreated and mildly treated mineral oils contain the highest amount of aromatic and unsaturated compounds and are primarily used as a lubricant base oil to produce further refined oil products.

(Mineral oil, NCI Thesaurus)