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Noun: coal oil  kówl oyl
Usage: N. Amer
  1. A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
    "They relied on coal oil lamps during the power outage";
    - kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, paraffin [Brit], paraffin oil [Brit]

Type of: fuel, hydrocarbon

Encyclopedia: Coal oil