Dictionary 1. (n.) A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously.2. (n.) A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel. Thesaurus alcohol benzine briquette burnable butane carbon charcoal coal coke combustible dope ethane ethanol fireball firing flammable flammable material fuel fuel additive fuel dope gas gas carbon gasoline heptane hexane inflammable inflammable material isooctane jet fuel kerosene methane methanol natural gas octane oil paraffin pentane propane propellant rocket fuel turf |