- a colorless, volatile petroleum distillate, usually an intermediate product between gasoline and benzine, used as a solvent, fuel, etc.
- any of various similar liquids distilled from other products.
- petroleum.
- a distillation product from coal tar boiling in the approximate range 80–170°C and containing aromatic hydrocarbons
- a distillation product from petroleum boiling in the approximate range 100–200°C and containing aliphatic hydrocarbons: used as a solvent and in petrol
- an obsolete name for petroleum
