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n. A thin oil distilled from petroleum or shale oil, used as a fuel for heating and cooking, in lamps, and as a denaturant for alcohol. Also called coal oil, lamp oil.

n. A petroleum based thin and colorless fuel; (UK) paraffin.

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, having from 10 to 16 carbon atoms in each molecule, and having a higher boiling point (175 - 325° C) than gasoline or the petroleum ethers, and a lower boling point than the oils.

n. A mixture of liquid hydrocarbons distilled from petroleum, coal, bitumen, etc., extensively used as an illuminating fluid in all parts of the world.

n. a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters

"May need separate the receiver from the stock; soak the receiver in kerosene for a couple of hours."

hydrocarbon    fuel   

kerosene shale   

coal oil   

paraffin    paraffin oil   

potogen    paraffin oil    paraffin    coal oil    kero    lamp oil   

paraffin    turpentine    gasoline    petrol    propane    naphtha    petroleum    tallow    sulfur    tar