kerosene

Questions about kerosene

What does kerosene mean?

kerosene means "a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters".

How many syllables are in kerosene?

kerosene has 3 syllables: ker-o-sene. The stress falls on "ker". In IPA it is /ˈkɛɹəˌsin/.

What is another word for kerosene?

Close synonyms include kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kerosene a common word?

kerosene is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with kerosene?

17 words rhyme with kerosene. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.