kerosene meaning

Noun: kerosene  'keru`seen

1. A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
   - kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil

Derived forms: kerosenes

Type of: fuel, hydrocarbon

Encyclopedia: Kerosene

[Medicine]
A refined petroleum fraction used as a fuel as well as a solvent.or ker·o·sine n : a flammable hydrocarbon oil usu. obtained by distillation of petroleum and used for a fuel and as a solvent and thinner (as in insecticide emulsions)

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1. it is like putting out a fire with kerosene.
2. it is the handwheel adjustment of the kerosene stove wick.
3. the fuel and oxidizer are kerosene and liquid oxygen, respectively.
4. tests for evaluation of kerosene are primarily concerned with burning qualities.
5. it was soon found that the kerosene straight from crude oil was sometimes not very satisfactory.