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Kerosene - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Kerosene : (noun)
1: a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and
heaters [syn: kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Kerosene : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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