naph|tha

naph|tha
naph|tha «NAP thuh, NAF-», noun.
1. a liquid made by distillation from petroleum, coal tar, or natural gas, used chiefly as fuel and to take spots from clothing; petroleum naphtha. Naphthas, which are also used as solvents and in making varnishes, are highly inflammable, consisting of various mixtures of easily vaporized hydrocarbons.
2. Obsolete. petroleum.
╂[< Latin naphtha < Greek náphtha (originally) an inflammable liquid issuing from the earth < Avestan napta]

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