Vaseline

[ vas-uh-leen, vas-uh-leen ]

/ ˈvæs əˌlin, ˌvæs əˈlin /

Trademark.

a brand of petrolatum.

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Examples from the Web for vaseline

Pure mayhem is what happened next, as Tyra ran around the studio screaming to the audience, “You get Vaseline.”
Adios, Tyra! Her 14 Most Outrageous Moments|Sujay Kumar, The Daily Beast Video|May 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Well, I shall have to go and get that vaseline or Pa's legs will suffer.
Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa|George W. Peck
It should early receive the vaseline rub at night which will often loosen up the hardened crusts.
The Mother and Her Child|William S. Sadler
Tooth paste one dollar a tube, vaseline 50 cents a small bottle.
Letters from China and Japan|John Dewey

Vaseline is also used in the same way to assist in the preservation of old leather bindings still in good repair.
Book Repair and Restoration|Mitchell Buck
Vaseline, as not liable to undergo chemical decomposition, is not open to this objection.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various

British Dictionary definitions for vaseline

Vaseline

/ (ˈvæsɪˌliːn) /

noun

a trademark for petrolatum

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Medicine definitions for vaseline

Vaseline

[ văs′ə-lēn′, văs′ə-lēn′ ]

A trademark for a brand of petroleum jelly.