Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hydrocarbon"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hydrocarbon \Hy`dro*car"bon\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + carbon.] (Chem.)
A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane,
benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.

{Hydrocarbon burner}, {furnace}, {stove}, a burner, furnace,
or stove with which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

hydrocarbon
n : an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen


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