Paraffin Oil (Noun)
Meaning
(British usage) kerosine.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The old heater used to run on paraffin oil during the winter.
- Her grandmother filled the lanterns with paraffin oil to light the farmhouse.
- They had to store paraffin oil in the shed to fuel their generators.
- After moving to the countryside, she had to get used to cooking with paraffin oil on her stove.
- The smell of paraffin oil always reminded him of the family's old camping trips.