English to French Meaning of turps - térébenthine

Turps :

térébenthine

Turps :: turps

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Definitions of turps in English

Noun(1) removal of significant amounts of prostate tissue (as in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia(2) volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally

Examples of turps in English

(1) I'm not sure if I need more turps , I'll have to check.(2) I've tasted bad coffee, but never anything that actually tasted of turps .(3) ├ö├ç├┐You must have drunk a lot of orange juice,├ö├ç├û he said, implying I would have been safer with turps .(4) He works mainly in oils diluted with turps , sensuously creaming paint on to the canvas.(5) Or he had rubbed against something like turps , or even been maliciously splashed with it.(6) After manipulating the digital image, Coderre then begins drawing the subject, or picture as he likes to call it, in oil pastel, wiping it away with turps , building up layer upon transparent layer.(7) The night Vine painted her now infamous Diana painting, the air was thick with the smell of turps , linseed oil and paint.(8) Her eyes challenged me, potent, like a peregrine falcon's, but the beguiling scent of turps and linseed oil drew me to her canvas.(9) Almost complete, Honister dominates a studio where massive brushes await the maestro's stroke and heavy smells of linseed oil and turps fill the still hot afternoon air.(10) Ms Hood had a shaky start to her artistic career when she developed an allergy to turps .

(1) moral turpitude ::

turpitude morale

Synonyms

Noun

1. oil of turpentine ::

huile de térébenthine

2. turpentine ::

essence de térébenthine

Different Forms

turps

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