KEROSENE

kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil

(noun) a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

kerosene (countable and uncountable, plural kerosenes)

A petroleum-based thin and colorless fuel

Synonym: paraffin (UK)

Synonyms

• coal oil

• kero

• lamp oil

Source: Wiktionary

Ker"o*sene`, n. Etym: [Gr.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition