kero

American  

[kair-oh] / ˈkɛər oʊ /

noun

plural

keros

1. a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.

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kero British  

/ ˈkɛrəʊ /

noun

1. short for kerosene

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Etymology

Origin of kero

From the Quechua word qeru

Example Sentences

A locker in the ship's writing room mysteriously "blew out as if it were fed by gasoline or kero sene."

From Time Magazine Archive

He slops fix-bath on top, then fills his foam-and-snow bowl with the last of the kero.

From Shadow of the Mothaship by Doctorow, Cory

Once our place is fireproofed, Daisy Duke switches to kero, and we cheer and clap as it laps over the neighbours', a two-storey coach-house.

From Shadow of the Mothaship by Doctorow, Cory

There's a tiny *chuff* and then all the kero seems to catch at once and the whole place is cheerful orange and warm as the summer.

From Shadow of the Mothaship by Doctorow, Cory

The kero leaves shiny patches on the rime of frost that covers the place.

From Shadow of the Mothaship by Doctorow, Cory