Sterno
flammable hydrocarbon jelly packaged in a small can for use as a portable heat source for cooking.
Sterno
1 American
[stur-noh]
/ ˈstɜr noʊ /
Trademark.
sterno-
2
American
Example Sentences
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She also instantly knows that the mother who burnt her hand on a Sterno is unhoused.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
“So I did this,” he said, showcasing his clever, MacGyver-style street kitchen of aluminum foil tents, tables, Sterno and pans.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2020
He had devised his own equivalent of Sterno, which his friends dubbed Berno.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 12, 2015
The suite smells of roast beef, beer and Sterno and is full of guests with shapely haircuts and golf tans.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2012
At each stop, Mother would leave Anne in charge of the broken foot and upset stomach department, while she rushed into the station to buy milk, food, and Sterno cans.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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