kerosene in Malay
minyak tanah
/ˈkɛɹəsiːn/
kerosene in Malay: minyak tanah. In English, 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.
Malay words for kerosene
- thin, colorless fuel
- minyak tanah
English meaning of 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.
kerosene in a sentence
- The kerosene lasted all winter, so the furnace kept us always warm.
Synonyms of kerosene
kerosene in other languages
- kerosene in Hindi
- kerosene in Tamil
- kerosene in Marathi
- kerosene in Urdu
- kerosene in Bengali
- kerosene in Malayalam
- kerosene in Kannada
- kerosene in Punjabi
- kerosene in Gujarati
- kerosene in Assamese
- kerosene in Tagalog
- kerosene in Arabic
- kerosene in Indonesian
- kerosene in Persian
- kerosene in Thai
- kerosene in Vietnamese
- kerosene in Myanmar
Questions about kerosene in Malay
- What is the meaning of kerosene in Malay?
- Kerosene in Malay is minyak tanah.
- Apakah maksud kerosene dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Kerosene: minyak tanah.
- What does kerosene mean in English?
- 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.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: kerosene (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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