| Benzine 1. (n.) A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc. 2. (n.) Same as Benzene. Thesaurus Entries alcohol, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, charcoal, coal, coal oil, coke, combustible, dope, electricity, ethane, ethanol, fireball, firing, flammable, flammable material, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope, gas, gas carbon, gasoline, heptane, hexane, illuminant, illuminating gas, inflammable, inflammable material, isooctane, jet fuel, kerosene, light source, luminant, methane, methanol, natural gas, octane, oil, paraffin, peat, pentane, petrol, petroleum, propane, propellant, rocket fuel, turf |