kerosene
/ˈkɛɹəsiːn/
kerosene noun: a thin, often colorless or blue or straw-colored petroleum-based fuel, heavier than gasoline/petrol or naphtha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.
Noun
kerosene (countable and uncountable, plural kerosenes)
- A thin, often colorless or blue or straw-colored petroleum-based fuel, heavier than gasoline/petrol or naphtha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.
- The kerosene lasted all winter, so the furnace kept us always warm.
- The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led...2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847
kerosene meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
kerosene in Hindi
- thin, colorless fuel
- मिट्टी का तेल miṭṭī kā tel, केरोसीन kerosīn
kerosene in Tamil
- thin, colorless fuel
- மண்ணெண்ணெய் maṇṇeṇṇey
kerosene in Marathi
- thin, colorless fuel
- केरोसीन kerosīn
kerosene in Urdu
- مٹی کا تیل
More languagesFewer languages
- kerosene in Bengali
- কেরোসিন kerōśin
- kerosene in Malayalam
- മണ്ണെണ്ണ maṇṇeṇṇa
- kerosene in Kannada
- ಸೀಮೆಎಣ್ಣೆ, ಕಲ್ಲೆಣ್ಣೆ, ಚಿಮಣಿ ಎಣ್ಣೆ, ಮಣ್ಣೆಣ್ಣೆ
- kerosene in Punjabi
- ਮਿੱਟੀ ਦਾ ਤੇਲ miṭṭī dā tel
- kerosene in Gujarati
- ઘાસલેટ ghāsleṭ
- kerosene in Assamese
- কেৰাচিন kerasin
- kerosene in Tagalog
- gaas, kerosina
- kerosene in Arabic
- كِيرُوسِين kīrūsīn
- kerosene in Malay
- minyak tanah
- kerosene in Indonesian
- kerosin
- kerosene in Persian
- نفت سفید naft-e sefid, نفت naft, نفت چراغ naft-e čerâġ, کروسن kerosen
- kerosene in Thai
- น้ำมันก๊าด nám-man-gáat, ก๊าด gáat
- kerosene in Vietnamese
- dầu hỏa, dầu lửa, kêrôsin
- kerosene in Myanmar
- ရေနံဆီ renamhci
- Dhivehi
- ކަރާސީނު karāsīnu
Examples of kerosene in a sentence
- The raw petroleum was refined into kerosene.
- By the light of the kerosene lamp, she washed the dishes while Cody dried them.
- There are many ways to produce ice spheres, such as using liquid nitrogen, cold alcohol or kerosene.
Synonyms of kerosene
Forms of kerosene
| plural | kerosenes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | kerosine |
Origin of kerosene
From Ancient Greek κηρός (kērós, “wax”) + -ene; a name trademarked in 1854. An older term for kerosene was carbon oil.
Words formed from kerosene
- biokerosene
- kerolox
- kerosene box
- kerosene bush
- kerosene grass
- kerosene-like
- kerosenelike
- kerosene tin
- kerosene wood
- kerosenish
- power kerosene
Phrases with kerosene
Questions about kerosene
- What does kerosene mean?
- Kerosene means a thin, often colorless or blue or straw-colored petroleum-based fuel, heavier than gasoline/petrol or naphtha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.
- What is kerosene in Hindi?
- Kerosene in Hindi is मिट्टी का तेल (miṭṭī kā tel), केरोसीन (kerosīn). See Kerosene meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kerosene?
- Kerosene is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kerosene?
- Kerosene is pronounced /ˈkɛɹəsiːn/.
- What is the plural of kerosene?
- The plural of kerosene is kerosenes.
Words near kerosene in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kerosene (page history and authors); kerosene (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কেরোসিন (Bengali) (page history and authors); kerosene (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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