'Benzine' definitions:
Definition of 'benzine'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Benzine'
From: GCIDE
- Benzine \Ben"zine\, n. [From Benzoin.] (Chem.)
- 1. A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Same as Benzene. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: The hydrocarbons of benzine proper are essentially of the marsh gas (paraffin) series, while benzene proper is the typical hydrocarbon of the aromatic series. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'benzine'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alcohol,
- briquette,
- burnable,
- butane,
- carbon,
- charcoal,
- coal,
- coal oil,
- coke,
- combustible,
- dope,
- electricity,
- ethane,
- ethanol,
- fireball,
- firing,
- flammable,
- flammable material,
- fuel,
- fuel additive,
- fuel dope,
- gas,
- gas carbon,
- gasoline,
- heptane,
- hexane,
- illuminant,
- illuminating gas,
- inflammable,
- inflammable material,
- isooctane,
- jet fuel,
- kerosene,
- light source,
- luminant,
- methane,
- methanol,
- natural gas,
- octane,
- oil,
- paraffin,
- peat,
- pentane,
- petrol,
- petroleum,
- propane,
- propellant,
- rocket fuel,
- turf