rosin
pronunciation
How to pronounce rosin in British English: UK [ˈrɒzɪn]
How to pronounce rosin in American English: US [ˈrɑzn]
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- Noun:
- any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
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- Verb:
- rub rosin onto
Word Origin
- rosin
- rosin: see resin
- rosin (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French raisine, rousine, variants of résine (see resin). The verb is from mid- 14c. Related: Rosined; rosining.
Example
- 1. Rosin decoloration and research on its processed products .
- 2. Oil mixture of rosin acids , linolenic acid and oleic acid .
- 3. This stagnation itself complicates a big part of rosin 's and mundy 's narratives .
- 4. The ascent of women , as rosin argues , may portend steadier , more responsible leadership .
- 5. The traditional laliao hair removal is using paraffin , oil and rosin .