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A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.

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  1. n. A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.
  2. n. an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
  3. 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.
  4. 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 withwhich liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.
  5. n:100 n. an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen