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kerosene
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As a noun, kerosene means a thin colorless to straw-colored petroleum-based fuel heavier than gasoline/petrol or naptha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.
Meanings of kerosene
2 meaningsnoun
A thin colorless to straw-colored petroleum-based fuel heavier than gasoline/petrol or naptha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.
“The kerosene lasted all winter, so the furnace kept us always warm.”
A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Similar: kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil
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