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glycerine

/ ˈɡlɪsərɪn; ˈɡlɪsərɪn; ˌɡlɪsəˈriːn /

noun

  1. another name (not in technical usage) for glycerol
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of glycerine1

C19: from French ⳦éԱ, from Greek glukeros sweet + -ine -in ; related to Greek glukus sweet
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Glycerol also known as glycerine or E422 is recognized as being generally safe as a food additive by the EU and the US Food and Drug Administration.

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The shipment of six 17-ounce bottles, purportedly containing vegetable glycerine, arrived June 13 from the U.K. to an address in Philadelphia.

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The two ingredients are used in antifreeze, brake fluids and other industrial applications, but also as a cheaper alternative in some pharmaceutical products to glycerine, a solvent or thickening agent in many cough syrups.

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The two ingredients are used in antifreeze and brake fluids and other industrial applications but also as a cheaper alternative in some pharmaceutical products to glycerine, a solvent or thickening agent in many cough syrups.

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A motorway slip road has been closed after 5,000 litres of vegetable glycerine leaked from a lorry on to the carriageway.

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