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kerosenish

kerosenish adjective: like kerosene in its taste, look, smell, or taste.

Adjective

kerosenish (comparative more kerosenish, superlative most kerosenish)

  1. like kerosene in its taste, look, smell, or taste
    • The floor foreman was instructed to inspect the oil when it was drained out and, if it had good body and fairly good color, to have it put back again, but if it was kerosenish and was black […]1927, {unattributed}, Automotive Engineering - Volume 20 - Page 458

Forms of kerosenish

comparativemore kerosenish
superlativemost kerosenish

Origin of kerosenish

From kerosene + -ish.

Questions about kerosenish

What does kerosenish mean?
Kerosenish means like kerosene in its taste, look, smell, or taste.
What part of speech is kerosenish?
Kerosenish is an adjective.

Words near kerosenish in the dictionary

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

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