kerosene
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- noun
- /ˈkɛrəˌsin/
- Refineries at the time took crude oil and extracted kerosene from it.
- buy kerosene
- kerosene prices
- kerosene as a fuel
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Watch on YouTubeTo me, a previous generation threw a lit match into a room filled with kerosene.
- To me, a previous generation threw a lit match into a room filled with kerosene.
- That will yeah, you buy crude and you'd sell kerosene cast and kerosene, OK.
- Dropping this paper is like it falling into a pool of kerosene is bad or nitroglycerin.
- So that means that for a long time, humans had their their lighting needs met by instead of kerosene and petroleum products, by whale oil.
Examples
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There's 10,000 barrels of kerosene in that warehouse.
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The old kerosene lamp provided enough light for us to read by.
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- Hey, anybody got any kerosene?
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Sam, look at this old kerosene lamp.
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We men worked when we were little, selling kerosene, candy, and other things in the street.
Academic text (1993) -
People throughout Africa use small recycled kerosene lamps, created in many different forms.
Academic text (1995) -
Go get the other kerosene lantern.
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I took the matches from him, lit the kerosene lamp, and turned the wick up high.
Fiction book (1991) -
We were mustered around a kerosene lantern, and names were called from a list.
Fiction book (1991) -
The landlady showed Johanna where the kerosene can and extra wicks were kept.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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A thin clear oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
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2.4
An oil that people burn in lamps and heaters
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An informal name for kerosene, a fuel for lamps and heaters
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A thin clear liquid used as fuel for lighting and heating, for example in lamps
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Etymology
Kerosene comes from the Greek word kēros meaning 'wax', because early lamp fuel looked and burned like liquid wax, and the ending -ene was added later as a chemical ending. So kerosene is a clear, burnable oil used in lamps and heaters, like a kind of liquid 'wax' you light for fuel.