Naphtha

Definition of naphtha:

part of speech: noun

Napthaline.

part of speech: noun

A bituminous oil from coal; petroleum.

part of speech: noun

A clear, easily evaporating, inflammable liquid obtained from petroleum, and classed between gasoline and benzine; rock oil.

Usage examples for naphtha:

• At night the camp and its environments were rendered almost as bright as day by the glaring light of huge naphtha flares and by large search- lights which played round, making attempts at escape hopeless. "My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War", Ben Viljoen.

• Even with good signs, it is impossible to foresee the results or the extent of production, and there is also an extraordinary irregularity in the outcome of the separate naphtha bearing plots. "Persia Revisited", Thomas Edward Gordon.

• Ten per cent of the coal should be cannel; naphtha is, however, often employed to subserve the same purpose, one ton of ordinary bituminous coal requiring four gallons of oil. "An Introduction to Chemical Science", R.P. Williams.

• The basis of the Greek fire was naphtha a clear, thin mineral fluid, which is very inflammable, and burns with much smoke. "The Boy's Book of Heroes", Helena Peake.