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kerosene

/'kɛrə,sin/

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noun
a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
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Similar:

coal oil kerosine lamp oil

type of:
fuel hydrocarbon

Definition that contains kerosene

hydrocracking the process whereby hydrocarbon molecules of petroleum are broken down into kerosene and gasolene by the addition of hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst