Sterno
[ stur-noh ]
/ ˈstɜr noʊ /
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Trademark.
flammable hydrocarbon jelly packaged in a small can for use as a portable heat source for cooking.
sterno-
a combining form representing sternum in compound words: sternocostal.
Also especially before a vowel, stern-.
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Examples from the Web for sterno
Ferrugineo-flavescens, elytris virescentibus, sterno cornuto.
Sterno
U.S. proprietary name for solidified alcohol used as fuel for cooking stoves, 1915, by S. Sternau & Co., New York, New York.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
sterno-
pref.
Sternum:sternocostal.
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