Kerosene

Quick meaning: Kerosene is a noun meaning A thin, often colorless or blue or straw-colored petroleum-based fuel, heavier than gasoline/petrol or naphtha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.

Meaning

A thin, often colorless or blue or straw-colored petroleum-based fuel, heavier than gasoline/petrol or naphtha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.

Example Sentences

The kerosene lasted all winter, so the furnace kept us always warm.

The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.

Word Forms

• kerosenes
• kerosine

Synonyms for kerosene

Depending on context, synonyms include paraffin, kero, kerosine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include kerosine, petrol, petroleum, fuel, diesel, paraffin.

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