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1. (n.) kerosene
a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like and widely used as a fuel and cleaning solvent.
Etymology: (1852; irreg. < Gk kērós wax + -ene ; formerly a trademark)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil
a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
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1. (noun) kerosene
an oil used as fuel
a kerosene lamp
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) kerosene
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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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. kerosene
a refined petroleum used as oil for lamps.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. kerosene
A refined petroleum fraction used as a fuel as well as a solvent.
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Sense: paraffin oil, obtained from petroleum or from coal
The jet plane refuelled with kerosene; (also adjective) a kerosene lamp/stove.
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 Afrikaans: keroseen |
 Arabic: كيروسين: زيت إنارَه |
 Bulgarian: керосин |
 Brazilian: querosene |
 Czech: petrolej; petrolejový |
 German: das Kerosin |
 Danish: petroleum; petroleums- |
 Greek: κηροζίνη |
 Spanish: queroseno, querosén |
 Estonian: petrooleum |
 Farsi: نفت سفید؛ نفت چراغ |
 Finnish: petroli |
 French: kérosène |
 Hebrew: נֵפט |
 Hindi: मिट्टी का तेल |
 Croatian: kerozin |
 Hungarian: kerozin |
 Indonesian: minyak tanah |
 Icelandic: steinolía |
 Italian: kerosene, cherosene |
 Japanese: 灯油 |
 Korean: 등유 |
 Lithuanian: žibalas; žibalinis |
 Latvian: petroleja; petrolejas- |
 Malay: minyak tanah |
 Dutch: petroleum |
 Norwegian: parafin(-) |
 Polish: nafta |
 Persian: نفت سفید؛ نفت چراغ |
 Pashto: تيل، غوړ |
 Portuguese: querosene |
 Romanian: kerosen |
 Russian: керосин |
 Slovak: petrolej; petrolejový |
 Slovenian: kerosin |
 Serbian: kerozin |
 Swedish: fotogen |
 Thai: น้ำมันก๊าด |
 Turkish: gaz yağı |
 Taiwanese: 煤油 |
 Ukrainian: гас |
 Urdu: مٹی کا تیل |
 Vietnamese: dầu lửa |
 Chinese: 煤油 |
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