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kerosenelike

kerosenelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of kerosene.

Adjective

kerosenelike (comparative more kerosenelike, superlative most kerosenelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of kerosene.
    • But the kerosenelike fuel and the engines that burn it were dirty, noisy, dawdling and even deadly, linked to increased risk of cancer and respiratory disease.2008 May 18, Lawrence Ulrich, “Diesel Automobiles Clean Up for an Encore”, in New York Times

Forms of kerosenelike

comparativemore kerosenelike
superlativemost kerosenelike
alternative formkerosene-like

Origin of kerosenelike

From kerosene + -like.

Questions about kerosenelike

What does kerosenelike mean?
Kerosenelike means resembling or characteristic of kerosene.
What part of speech is kerosenelike?
Kerosenelike is an adjective.

Words near kerosenelike in the dictionary

  1. kerosene box
  2. kerosene boxes
  3. kerosene tin
  4. kerosene tins
  5. kerosene-like
  6. kerosenelike
  7. kerosenes
  8. kerosenish
  9. kerosine
  10. kerosines
  11. kerotakis

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