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kerosene tin

kerosene tin noun: a tin-plated steel container for kerosene; formerly frequently repurposed by being cut in half to make cooking pots, laundry buckets, fruit-picking baskets, garden planters, etc., or flattened out, the tin sheets used as roofing shingles and wall cladding for bush huts.

Noun

kerosene tin (plural kerosene tins)

  1. (Australia) A tin-plated steel container for kerosene; formerly frequently repurposed by being cut in half to make cooking pots, laundry buckets, fruit-picking baskets, garden planters, etc., or flattened out, the tin sheets used as roofing shingles and wall cladding for bush huts.
    Synonyms:
    kero tin

Synonyms of kerosene tin

Forms of kerosene tin

pluralkerosene tins

Questions about kerosene tin

What does kerosene tin mean?
Kerosene tin means a tin-plated steel container for kerosene; formerly frequently repurposed by being cut in half to make cooking pots, laundry buckets, fruit-picking baskets, garden planters, etc., or flattened out, the tin sheets used as roofing shingles and wall cladding for bush huts.
What part of speech is kerosene tin?
Kerosene tin is a noun.
What is the plural of kerosene tin?
The plural of kerosene tin is kerosene tins.

Words near kerosene tin in the dictionary

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

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