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COAL OIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coal oil mean?
• COAL OIL (noun)
The noun COAL OIL has 1 sense:
1. a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Familiarity information: COAL OIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
coal oil; kerosene; kerosine; lamp oil
Hypernyms ("coal oil" is a kind of...):
fuel (a substance that can be consumed to produce energy)
hydrocarbon (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coal oil"):
paraffin; paraffin oil ((British usage) kerosine)
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