Hydrocarbon \Hy`dro*car"bon\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + carbon.] (Chem.)
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.