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kerosene box

kerosene box noun: a sturdy, rectangular crate, typically of pine, designed to hold two tin-plated steel cans filled with kerosene; the empty cases were often repurposed for ad hoc uses.

Noun

kerosene box (plural kerosene boxes)

  1. (Australia) A sturdy, rectangular crate, typically of pine, designed to hold two tin-plated steel cans filled with kerosene; the empty cases were often repurposed for ad hoc uses.
    • Next morning, after the ceremony, with our wedding breakfast packed in a kerosene box, we drove to Camden.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 186

Forms of kerosene box

pluralkerosene boxes

Questions about kerosene box

What does kerosene box mean?
Kerosene box means a sturdy, rectangular crate, typically of pine, designed to hold two tin-plated steel cans filled with kerosene; the empty cases were often repurposed for ad hoc uses.
What part of speech is kerosene box?
Kerosene box is a noun.
What is the plural of kerosene box?
The plural of kerosene box is kerosene boxes.

Words near kerosene box in the dictionary

  1. keropok lekor
  2. keros
  3. Keros classification
  4. Keros classifications
  5. kerosene
  6. kerosene box
  7. kerosene boxes
  8. kerosene tin
  9. kerosene tins
  10. kerosene-like
  11. kerosenelike

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