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
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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
Compass, a publicly traded partnership, owns such diverse companies as the Sterno Group, producer of the canned fuel, and 5.11, a maker of clothing and gear for law enforcement and for the outdoors.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2021
“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
She brought along a Sterno cooking outfit and two suitcases of food, mostly cereals and graham crackers.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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