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• The raw petroleum was refined into kerosene.From the entry refined
• By the light of the kerosene lamp, she washed the dishes while Cody dried them.2005, Janet Dailey, Let's Be Jolly. From the entry dadly
• There are many ways to produce ice spheres, such as using liquid nitrogen, cold alcohol or kerosene.1997, I. Izumi, T. Nakamura, R.L. Sack, Snow Engineering: Recent Advances, →ISBN, page 139. From the entry snow machine
• It is to be tried in the so-called floxed Atlas, with the usual kerosene type fuel.1965, Samuel Glasstone, Sourcebook on the Space Sciences, page 94. From the entry flox
• Along its walls unlighted kerosene lamps hung on brass brackets; pine benches served as pews.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry unceiled
• It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber.2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel: The world’s thirst for oil could be nearing a peak. That is bad news for producers, excellent for…. From the entry age
• I read every evening, sometimes late into the night, with the help of kerosene lamps, often secretly, past my bedtime.2004, Vartan Gregorian, The Road to Home: My Life and Times, page 55. From the entry bedtime
• 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. From the entry kerosene box
• Uncle Jobson was in the fowlhouse, treating with kerosene that infirmity common to poultry known as "scaly legs"'.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 136. From the entry scaly legs
• The basis of scalicide is kerosene, I think.1930, Legislative Establishment Appropriation Bill, 1931: Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations […]…. From the entry scalicide
• The caterpillars may be trapped in their tents in early morning or late afternoon and extinguished with a swabful of kerosene.1902 June 1, “Spraying”, in Woodland & Roadside, volume 1, number 2, page 3. From the entry swabful
• It's worse than kerosene to boose.1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 62. From the entry booze
• He remembered it well — the scrabbly coloured boats, drawn on to the shingle, painted and chipped with religious legends, the big kerosene lamps, the black nets.1965, James McNeish, Fire Under the Ashes: The Life of Danilo Dolci, page 45. From the entry scrabbly

Meaning of kerosene

1. 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.

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How do you use kerosene in a sentence?

Kerosene is used as a noun. For example: “The kerosene lasted all winter, so the furnace kept us always warm.”

What is a short sentence with kerosene?

“It's worse than kerosene to boose.”

What does kerosene mean?

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.