resin

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.

   Pine trees produce a sticky resin.

2. 2
   noun

   Any synthetic compound of similar properties.

   The artist used synthetic resin in her sculptures.

3. 3
   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

4. 4
   verb

   To apply resin to.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥητῑ́νη (rhētī́nē)bor. Latin rēsīnader. Old French résinebor. Middle English resyn English resin From Middle English resyn, resyne, from Old French résine, from Latin resīna. Doublet of rosin.