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What does kerosene mean?

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Noun
  1. (Canada, US) A petroleum-based thin and colorless fuel; (Britain) paraffin.
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There is no duty on kerosene when it is used as heating oil but it can be mixed with diesel to run engines.
In the land of oil, they have to queue five hours a day to get kerosene or petrol.
The price of petrol, diesel and kerosene has gone up four times since February.
Never use gasoline in a kerosene heater because it can cause a fire or an explosion.
To reduce the problem of fuel supply in the cave, they turned to less bulky kerosene.
A mechanism used to shed light usually fueled by kerosene, or perhaps whale oil in Poe's day.

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