kerosene : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: kerosene	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for kerosene
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kerosene n a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters Synonym(s): kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kerosene \Ker"o*sene`\, n. [Gr. [?] wax.] 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.