Lexic.us

Definition of Kerosene

1. Noun. A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters.

Definition of Kerosene

1. n. 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.

Definition of Kerosene

1. Noun. (Canadian US) A petroleum based thin and colorless fuel; (British) paraffin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kerosene

1. a fuel oil [n -S]

Medical Definition of Kerosene

1. A refined petroleum fraction used as a fuel as well as a solvent. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kerosene

Literary usage of Kerosene

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"kerosene for Cooling. Q.—Would kerosene make a good substitute for water for use in ... A.—Objections are the odor of heated kerosene; when heated kerosene ..."

2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1873)
"I took strips of cotton cloth and wrapped around the trunks of the trees some 18 or 20 inches from the ground, and then saturated the cloth with kerosene, ..."

3. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1920)
"1718 kerosene AS A FUEL FOR HIGH-SPEED ENGINES BY LAURENCE F. SEATON, LINCOLN, NEB. Member of the Society Although considerable work has been done toward ..."

4. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1910)
"Those preventing the formation of hard scale by a solvent or " rotting " action, as kerosene and petroleum oils. Boiler Compounds. ..."

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