butane
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- noun
- /ˈbjuːteɪn/
- Specialized
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butano
- Once extracted, these liquids are separated into distinct products, or "fractions," such as propane, butane, and ethane.
- propane and butane
- iso-butane
I'm going to use this butane torch to do the heating, and this is a tricky little business to get it right.
- I'm going to use this butane torch to do the heating, and this is a tricky little business to get it right.
- The adapters for the butane tanks into the rest of the pipe work.
- I can still taste the motherfucking butane in that bitch, but nonetheless it's good.
Examples
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And I covered some propane, some butane, and my personal favorite, some MAP gas.
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There was a butane stove, a little fridge, and a sink.
Fiction book (2000) -
I had to run back to the truck for a little butane.
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My mom went to get butane.
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We'll need an extra can of butane.
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For all we know, the restaurant had some butane or propane stoves to cook the food with.
Blog text (28) -
It's one of those grills, the gas grills like everybody got now, uh, with a butane tank underneath.
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Using the flame of a butane lighter for illumination, she stares into the black hole of her purse.
Fiction book (2000) -
Visual and audio alarms warn of methane, propane, butane, and LPG.
Academic text (2004) -
To cook the meal outdoors, we used a portable butane stove that heated up quickly.
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Etymology
Butane comes from a root that means 'butter' and is related to the English word butter, because early chemists found similar-smelling substances in fats and butter. The ending -ane is a chemical ending for simple gases made of carbon and hydrogen, so butane became the name for this common fuel gas.