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Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset.
Roald Dahl

Meaning of "kerosene" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KEROSENE

From Greek kēros wax + -ene.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KEROSENE

kerosene  [ˈkɛrəˌsiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KEROSENE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kerosene is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KEROSENE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kerosene

Kerosene is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid. The name is derived from Greek: κηρός meaning wax. The word "Kerosene" was registered as a trademark by Abraham Gesner in 1854, and for several years, only the North American Gas Light Company and the Downer Company were allowed to call their lamp oil "Kerosene" in the United States. It eventually became a genericized trademark. It is sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage. The term "kerosene" is common in much of Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Kerosene is usually called paraffin in the UK, Ireland, Southeast Asia and South Africa. A more viscous paraffin oil is used as a laxative. A waxy solid extracted from petroleum is called paraffin wax. Kerosene is widely used to power jet engines of aircraft and some rocket engines, but is also commonly used as a cooking and lighting fuel and for fire toys such as poi. In parts of Asia, where the price of kerosene is subsidized, it fuels outboard motors on small fishing boats.

Definition of kerosene in the English dictionary

The definition of kerosene in the dictionary is Also called: paraffin. a liquid mixture consisting mainly of alkane hydrocarbons with boiling points in the range 150°–300°C, used as an aircraft fuel, in domestic heaters, and as a solvent. Other definition of kerosene is the general name for paraffin as a fuel for jet aircraft.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KEROSENE


adenosine
æˈdɛnəˌsiːn
anthracene
ˈænθrəˌsiːn
Anthropocene
ænˈθrɒpəˌsiːn
arrasene
ˈærəˌsiːn
benzanthracene
benˈzænθrəˌsiːn
cyclazocine
saɪˈklæzəˌsiːn
damascene
ˈdæməˌsiːn
dryopithecine
ˌdraɪəʊˈpɪθəˌsiːn
ferrocene
ˈfɛrəʊˌsiːn
guanosine
ˈɡwɑːnəˌsiːn
Holocene
ˈhɒləˌsiːn
hyoscine
ˈhaɪəˌsiːn
kerosine
ˈkɛrəˌsiːn
Miocene
ˈmaɪəˌsiːn
Neocene
ˈniːəˌsiːn
nigrosine
ˈnɪɡrəˌsiːn
Oligocene
ˈɒlɪɡəʊˌsiːn
Pleistocene
ˈplaɪstəˌsiːn
spinacene
ˈspaɪnəˌsiːn
tyrosine
ˈtaɪrəˌsiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KEROSENE

kernel
kernel-less
kernelled
kernelling
kernelly
kernicterus
kerning
kernish
kernite
kernmantel rope
kero
kerogen
kerosene lamp
kerosine
Kerouac
kerplunk
Kerr
Kerr effect
kerria

WORDS THAT END LIKE KEROSENE

bene
benzene
dene
Essene
gene
Greene
hygiene
indigene
Irene
Messene
nene
neoprene
obscene
polyethylene
polypropylene
propylene
scene
sene
serene
sex scene

Synonyms and antonyms of kerosene in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kerosene» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KEROSENE

Find out the translation of kerosene to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kerosene from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kerosene» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

煤油
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

queroseno
570 millions of speakers

English

kerosene
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मिट्टी का तेल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كِيروسِيـن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

керосин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

querosene
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কেরোসির্নতৈল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

kérosène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Minyak tanah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kerosin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

灯油
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

등유
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kerosene
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dầu lửa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மண்ணெண்ணெய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केरोसीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gazyağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cherosene
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nafta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гас
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

kerosen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κηροζίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

keroseen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fotogen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parafin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kerosene

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KEROSENE»

The term «kerosene» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.091 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KEROSENE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kerosene» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kerosene» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kerosene

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5 QUOTES WITH «KEROSENE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word kerosene.
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Roald Dahl
Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset.
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Emraan Hashmi
I burned down my backyard as a seven-year-old. I poured kerosene over dried leaves and set the whole place on fire, just for fun. Yeah, not a very normal thing to do.
3
Jerry Leiber
Red-hot songs were born on the black streets of Baltimore, where I delivered five-gallon cans of kerosene and ten-pound bags of coal.
4
Cherie Lunghi
I really enjoyed staying at an encampment at the top of a hill in the Samburu Reserve in Kenya. You reach it on a small plane; there is no electricity, no city noises and you sleep and shower under the Milky Way, with moths fluttering around a kerosene lamp, knowing that there are elephants and lions roaming free in the valley.
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Bunker Roy
Jeff Sachs has the Millennium Villages. He spends $2.5 million in one village. It's an absolutely ridiculous model, because I've said that if you gave me $2.5 million, I can train 100 grandmothers, solar electrify 100 villages - 10,000 houses - and save you 100,000 litres of kerosene.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KEROSENE»

Discover the use of kerosene in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kerosene and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kerosene
A novel of rage, confusion, and release from an extraordinary young author.
Chris Wooding, 2002
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Kerosene Cowboys
Kerosene Cowboys is soon to be a major motion picture starring Cam Gigandet (Twilight), Shane West (ER; A Walk to Remember), Rachel Leigh Cook (She s All That), Bill Pullman (Independence Day), JC Chasez (*NSync) and directed by Mario Van ...
Randy Arrington, 2009
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The Colour of Kerosene and Other Stories
In these fourteen stories, Cameron Raynes traverses landscapes of regret, joy and redemption.
Cameron Raynes, 2012
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The Smell of Kerosene: A Fighter Pilot's Odyssey
Mallick also test flew the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) and helped develop techniques used in training astronauts to land on the Moon. This book puts the reader in the pilot's seat for a "day at the office" unlike any other.
Donald L. Mallick, Peter W. Merlin, NASA History Office, 2010
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Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales 2003
Sales of Fuel Oil and Kerosene in 2003 1. Sales of Distillate Fuel Oil by Energy Use in the United States: 1999-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Sales of Residual Fuel Oil by Energy Use in the United States: 1999-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3.
United States. Energy Information Administration. Office of Oil and Gas
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Center Draft Kerosene Lamps, 1884-1940: Identification and ...
The book gives brief histories of 50 American companies, lists selected patents, and pictures representative lamps.
J. W. Courter, 2007
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U.S. Master Excise Tax Guide
6,110 Kerosene 6,1 10.05 Tax on Kerosene. The definition of "taxable fuel" includes kerosene, and generally, the rules applicable to diesel fuel apply to kerosene (see 16,106.05 - H 6,108.30). Thus, the tax rate of 24.4 cents per gallon for fuel ...
CCH Editors, 2008
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Sweet Pass Kerosene
CHAPTER. 36. Sweet. Pass. Kerosene. If there is anything that makes Nigerians stand out for me it is their use of the spoken language. It may not be the Queen's or King's English, although there are those among them who speak that ...
Ian McCall, 2011
9
Lighting with Alcohol and Kerosene...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Rodney Mott West, 2012
10
China's Foreign Trade Statistics, 1864-1949
Whether it is "Kerosene Oil" cannot be ascertained. However figures for 1886 "Oil " in 1886 volume is identical to that for 1886 "Oil, Kerosene" in 1887 volume. 1886-1888: "Oil, Kerosene." 1889-1893: "Oil, Kerosene, American" and "Oil, ...
Liang-lin Hsiao, 1974

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KEROSENE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kerosene is used in the context of the following news items.
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Phasing out housedresses - Madison.com
Fill the reservoir, emtpy the slop pail, fill the wood box, empty the ashes, fill the kerosene lamp, empty the spittoon. But there were rewards. «Madison.com, Jul 15»
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This is the unhappy tale of a two-faced 'miracle' | Living … - Sun Herald
Dissolve a bit of DDT in the Kerosene, spray a dairy barn, for instance, and for three months thereafter every fly that lights there will die. Magic? «SunHerald.com, Jul 15»
3
Celebrating the light-bringers - San Angelo Standard Times
Concho Valley residents, many of whom lit their houses with kerosene lamps and washed their clothing by hand, worked with the REA to bring ... «San Angelo Standard Times, Jul 15»
4
Our Avery County - The Avery Journal-Times: Community
... the night some friends of the parties arrested saturated the building with kerosene oil and made a bon fire of it…” The Morganton Herald, Jan. «Avery Journal Times, Jul 15»
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500 vacuum cleaners, 10000 stereopticon cards: Marlowe Roeser …
This one is powered by kerosene and that one is operated with a hand pump. Those over there look like an assortment of steampunk bazookas ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»
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Unknown dangers can be deadly to children | WWLP.com
... says during the summer, children are more likely to be exposed to toxins like gasoline, lighter fluid, kerosene, lamp oil and even bug spray. «wwlp.com, Jul 15»
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Cash-strapped Nigeria to keep fuel subsidies for another quarter …
A fuel station attendant dispenses kerosene at a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) mega . View photo. A fuel station attendant ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
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State to provide kerosene at subsidized rate to fishermen
Chief minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate a kerosene bunk at Maryanad in the state capital on Tuesday and the bunk will supply ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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ERC Increases retail prices for petrol, kerosene and diesel
Brace yourself for hard economic times ahead because as the clock clicks 12 midnight Monday, you shall pay 1.31 Cts more for a litre of Petrol,1.25 Cts for ... «K24 TV, Jul 15»
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Union Government decided to cap kerosene subsidy at Rs 12 per litre
At present, kerosene is sold through public distribution system at 14.96 ... towards LPG subsidy and another 8000 crore rupees on kerosene. «Jagran Josh, Jul 15»

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