Meanings (ES + gloss)
canfín • kerex • kerosene • keroseno • kerosina • kerosén • kerosín • queroseno
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.
The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an…
The kerosene lasted all winter, so the furnace kept us always warm.
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