Kerosene Synonyms

kerəsēn, kerəsēn
A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. kerosine
  2. lamp oil
  3. coal-oil
Synonyms:
(Verb)
  1. fuel
  2. petroleum distillate
  3. lighting oil
  4. paraffin (British)

Words Related to Kerosene

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Kerosene Sentence Examples

  • My prison had only a kerosene lamp for light.

  • Kerosene shale (torbanite) is found in several parts of New South Wales.

  • The manufacturing industries of Peru are confined chiefly to the treatment of agricultural and mineral products - the manufacture of sugar and rum from sugar cane, textiles from cotton and wool, wine and spirits from grapes, cigars and cigarettes from tobacco, chocolate from cacao, kerosene and benzine from crude petroleum, cocaine from coca, and refined metals from their ores.

  • The refined oil is exported as kerosene or petroleum, the heavier refuse (mazut) is used as fuel.

  • I felt panic when I noticed our kerosene lamp, our only light, was but half full of fluid.

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