About The Word Kerosene
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Kerosene
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What's The Definition Of Kerosene?
[n] a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Synonyms | Synonyms for Kerosene: kerosine Related Terms | Find terms related to Kerosene: alcohol | avgas | benzine | briquette | burnable | butane | carbon | charcoal | coal | coal oil | coke | combustible | crude | crude oil | dope | electricity | ethane | ethanol | ethyl | ethyl gas | fireball | firing | flammable | flammable material | fossil oil | fuel | fuel additive | fuel dope | gas | gas carbon | gasoline | heptane | hexane | high-octane gas | high-test | illuminant | illuminating gas | inflammable | inflammable material | isooctane | jet fuel | lead-free gas | light source | low-lead gas | luminant | methane | methanol | motor oil | natural gas | octane | oil | paraffin | peat | pentane | petrol | petroleum | premium gas | propane | propellant | regular | rock oil | rocket fuel | turf See Also | combustible | combustible material | fuel | hydrocarbon | paraffin | paraffin oil Kerosene In Webster's Dictionary \Ker"o*sene`\, n. [Gr. ? wax.]
An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from
the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and
hence called also {coal oil}. It is now produced in immense
quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of
petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the
methane series.
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