Synonyms for kerosene
ˈkɛr əˌsin, ˈkær-, ˌkɛr əˈsin, ˌkær-kerosene

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1. kerosenenoun

   Synonyms:
   kero, lamp oil, coal oil

2. kerosenenoun

   A petroleum based thin and colorless fuel; paraffin.

   The kerosene lasted all winter, so the furnace kept us always warm.

   Synonyms:
   lamp oil, kero, coal oil

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1. kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, coal oilnoun

   a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters

   Synonyms:
   coal oil, kerosine, lamp oil

Matched Categories

1. • Fuel
   • Hydrocarbon

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1. kerosenenoun

   Synonyms:
   coal oil, petroleum

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1. List of known nicknames for "Kerosene":

   Mae Bad Boy, Roger Cobernus, Gringo

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How to use kerosene in a sentence?

1. Thomas Brueck:

   To substitute 100 percent of the kerosene use today, we will not do it with algae alone. We need a combination of different technologies to actually enable that substitution.

2. Dale Earnhardt:

   If you're not a race driver, stay the hell home. Don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Get the hell out of the race car if you've got feathers on your legs or butt. Put a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat that candy ass.

3. Tracy Alvino:

   Cuomo lit the match and the nursing homes were the kerosene. It was a failure at every level. The nursing homes were unable to protect nursing home patients after accepting COVID patients, if the March 25 order wasn’t issued, countless lives would have been saved. These were preventable deaths.

4. Naseer Ahmad:

   Solar energy will also improve people’s quality of life by cutting their spending on kerosene and firewood.

5. Aminata Dumbuya:

   People end up spending a lot more money on electricity access just by using haphazard means (such as) kerosene lamps, firewood, candles, generators, we are hoping that this new announcement ... will now accelerate the private sector to come in with quality, solar products.