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Pronunciation: [kˈɛɹəsˌiːn] (IPA)

Kerosene refers to a versatile and potent fuel that is commonly used in lamps, stoves, and heaters. The fuel is highly flammable and is normally derived from petroleum. If you are looking for synonyms for the word "kerosene," you may consider: paraffin, lamp oil, coal oil, and heating oil. Paraffin is a common synonym widely used in the UK. Lamp oil is a more specific term used to refer to kerosene specifically for use in lamps. Coal oil refers to a type of kerosene that is derived from coal instead of petroleum. And, heating oil is a commonly used term in the US to refer to kerosene used in heating systems. Regardless of what you call it, kerosene remains one of the most affordable and accessible sources of energy.
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    • Noun, singular or mass
      fuel.

  • Other Related

    • Noun, singular or mass
      oil.

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Usage examples for Kerosene

With electricity the family could use a radio, rid themselves of smoky kerosene lighting and enjoy the use of more efficient and cleaner stoves and refrigeration.
"Frying Pan Farm"
Elizabeth Brown Pryor
There were men pulling up kerosene tins over a wheel, hand over hand, from the cool looking depths of the wide red sandstone well and filling goats' skins to sling on cows' backs, and women in sombre reds and blue wrappings, old and young, and rather monkeyish in appearance; still, some were not altogether bad looking.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
There was a vicious smell of beer and kerosene-smoke in the warm room.
"In Wild Rose Time"
Amanda M. Douglas

Famous quotes with Kerosene

  • Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset.
    Roald Dahl
  • Manuel Mercado Acosta is an indio from the mountains of Durango. His father operated a mescal distillery before the revolutionaries drove him out. He met my mother while riding a motorcycle in El Paso. Juana Fierro Acosta is my mother. She could have been a singer in a Juarez cantina but instead decided to be Manuel’s wife because he had a slick mustache, a fast bike and promised to take her out of the slums across from the Rio Grande. She had only one demand in return for the two sons and three daughters she would bear him: “No handouts. No relief. I never want to be on welfare.” I doubt he really promised her anything in a very loud, clear voice. My father was a horsetrader even though he got rid of both the mustache and the bike when FDR drafted him, a wetback, into the U.S. Navy on June 22, 1943. He tried to get into the Marines, but when they found out he was a good swimmer and a non-citizen they put him in a sailor suit and made him drive a barge in Okinawa. We lived in a two-room shack without a floor. We had to pump our water and use kerosene if we wanted to read at night. But we never went hungry. My old man always bought the pinto beans and the white flour for the tortillas in 100-pound sacks which my mother used to make dresses, sheets and curtains. We had two acres of land which we planted every year with corn, tomatoes and yellow chiles for the hot sauce. Even before my father woke us, my old ma was busy at work making the tortillas at 5:00 A.M. while he chopped the logs we’d hauled up from the river on the weekends.
    Oscar Zeta Acosta

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