Vaseline

American  

[vas-uh-leen, vas-uh-leen] / ˈvæs əˌlin, ˌvæs əˈlin /

Trademark.

1. a brand of petrolatum.

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Vaseline British  

/ ˈvæsɪˌliːn /

noun

1. a trademark for petrolatum

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Example Sentences

This Bulgarian man says to me, “If you put a layer of Vaseline on, it gives you a minute before you feel the cold.”

From Los Angeles Times

MacPhail woke at 2:20 a.m. and applied toe caps, duct tape and Vaseline to his feet.

From The Wall Street Journal

Miranda likes to rub Vaseline on her hands and put them inside luxury conditioning gloves while watching infomercials, while Charlotte loves to study her pores in a magnifying mirror for one whole hour every night.

From Salon

In the sense that television is a lens through which we view ourselves, it’s as often as not a cracked one, or one smeared with Vaseline, to make things crazier or prettier.

From Los Angeles Times

A Unilever marketing executive described how the Vaseline brand had thrived by tapping into a TikTok skin care trend known as “slugging.”

From New York Times