coal oil English

Meaning coal oil meaning

What does coal oil mean?

— noun (= kerosene) a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters

What other words have the same or similar meaning as coal oil?

lamp oil kerosene kerosine coal tar paraffin kerosene oil coal-tar oil

How do I use coal oil in a sentence?

These were the days before oil fuel made stoking a lady's job - when stokers earned their pay in sweat and coal-dust.

coal | oil