| NOUN | substance | kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil | a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters |
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| Sounds | keh'rahsiy.n | |
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| Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... | |
| Meaning | A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters. | |
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| Synonyms | kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil | |
| Narrower | paraffin, paraffin oil | (British usage) kerosine |
| Broader | fuel | A substance that can be consumed to produce energy |
| hydrocarbon | An organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen | |
| Spanish | kerosén, keroseno, petróleo, queroseno | |
| Catalan | querosè | |
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