propane

noun
prō'pān'

An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C3H8, a constituent of natural gas.

A kind of

gas
fuel

Related words

cyclopropane
propanelike
biopropane
bromochloropropane
bromopropane
chloropropane
epoxypropane
halopropane
iodopropane
isopropanide
methylpropane
nitropropane

Example sentences

“We need to pick up some more propane tanks.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From French "propionique".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “propane” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.