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Propane

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A colorless gas, C3H8, found in natural gas and petroleum and widely used as a fuel.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C3H8, a constituent of natural gas.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A heavy gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H8, of the paraffin series, occurring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; -- called also propyl hydride.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H8, of the paraffin series, found in crude petroleum: made by reducing isopropyl iodide with zinc and hydrochloric acid, or by the action of hydriodic acid on acetone, glycerol, etc. It is liquid below—17° C.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel

Word Usage

"So, unless someone persuades me that MX propane is significantly different than what we're used to, we'll probably be installing a Bosch propane water heater within the next few months in coastal Colima."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

gas fuel

Variant

propyl hydride

Form

cyclopropane

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

E944 propellant

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

acetylene kerosene ethylene methane butane