Definitions for kerosene

kerosene ker·o·sene

Spelling: [ker-uh-seen, kar-, ker-uh- Kerosene is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 139 anagrams from letters in kerosene (eeeknors).

Definitions for kerosene

noun

  1. a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like, and widely used as a fuel, cleaning solvent, etc.

adjective

  1. using or fueled by kerosene:

Origin of kerosene

1852; irregular Greek kērós wax + -ene; formerly trademark

Examples for kerosene

She was at the kerosene; oh, it makes me just sick to think of it.

The bottle was filled with kerosene, and in a jiffy the box was covered with the flame.

The cozy days of lighting the Hofburg Palace with kerosene rather than electricity had come to an abrupt end.

He awoke to dogs barking and gunshots, he said, and turned on a kerosene lantern to see what was going on.

They were all settin' purrin' in the dark, because they'd forgot to send for any kerosene.

It was believed that this supply had been shipped as kerosene from Saloniki to Piraeus.

Unfortunately, Jones didn't have those tools available to him, but he did have a Koran soaking in kerosene backstage.

It seemed to her as if the whole world were nothing but kerosene.

Franz Joseph lit the Hofburg Palace with kerosene lamps and viewed the telephone as a nuisance.

Small homes often have only kerosene lamps to provide light, which spew toxins equivalent to two packs of cigarettes a day.

Word Value for kerosene
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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