kerosene has definitions from the field of chemistry
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

When they were refused entrance to his brother 's house nearby , they smashed down the door , broke the window , and threw lighted clothes wet with kerosene into the room .

Related terms

fuel hydrocarbon paraffin

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