: a heavy flammable gaseous alkane C3H8 found in crude petroleum and natural gas and used especially as fuel and in chemical synthesis
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Dozens of people dressed in flame-resistant clothing—mustard-yellow shirts and pine-green pants—paused along a forest service road to adjust their hard hats, strap propane tanks onto their backs, and test the torches connected to them: long, thin metal rods with a stream of flaming gas at one end.
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Ferris Jabr, The Atlantic, 25 June 2024
Firefighters traced the cause of the blast to two 100-gallon propane tanks in the basement.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2024
Don’t: Create smoke or bad air inside by smoking cigarettes, cigars or pipes; using gas, propane or wood-burning stoves or cookers; spraying aerosol products; frying or broiling food; burning candles or incense; and vacuuming, unless the vacuum has a HEPA filter.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
The flip side Thanks to the man at Costco in Winter Park for loading my three propane bottles in my cart.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2024
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Ferris Jabr, The Atlantic, 25 June 2024
Firefighters traced the cause of the blast to two 100-gallon propane tanks in the basement.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2024
Don’t: Create smoke or bad air inside by smoking cigarettes, cigars or pipes; using gas, propane or wood-burning stoves or cookers; spraying aerosol products; frying or broiling food; burning candles or incense; and vacuuming, unless the vacuum has a HEPA filter.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
The flip side Thanks to the man at Costco in Winter Park for loading my three propane bottles in my cart.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2024
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propane
noun
pro·pane
ˈprō-ˌpān 
: a heavy flammable gas found in crude petroleum and natural gas and used especially as fuel and in the chemical industry
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propane
noun
pro·pane
ˈprō-ˌpān
: a heavy flammable gaseous alkane C3H8 found in crude petroleum and natural gas and used especially as fuel and in chemical synthesis
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