- gasoline gasolene
- noun (U) AmE a liquid obtained from petroleum, used mainly for producing power in the engines of cars; petrol BrE
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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Gasolene — Gasoline Gas o*line, Gasolene Gas o*lene(? or ?; 104), n. A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained mostly from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used as a fuel for most automobiles and for many… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gasoline — Gas o*line, Gasolene Gas o*lene(? or ?; 104), n. A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained mostly from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used as a fuel for most automobiles and for many other… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gasolene — Gas o*lene, n. See {Gasoline}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gasolene engine — Gasoline engine Gas o*line en gine, or Gasolene engine Gas o*lene en gine . (Mach.) A kind of internal combustion engine; in British countries called usually {petrol engine}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gasoline engine — Gas o*line en gine, or Gasolene engine Gas o*lene en gine . (Mach.) A kind of internal combustion engine; in British countries called usually {petrol engine}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gasoline — 1864 (alternative spelling gasolene is from 1865), from GAS (Cf. gas) + OL (Cf. ol) (probably here representing L. oleum oil ) + chemical suffix INE (Cf. ine) (2). Shortened form gas was in common use in U.S. by 1897. Gas station as a fuel… … Etymology dictionary
gasoline — is the AmE term for what in BrE is called petrol, a volatile liquid obtained from petroleum. This spelling is preferred to gasolene, but the word is normally used in its shortened form gas. See gas … Modern English usage
gasoline — (also gasolene) ► NOUN N. Amer. ▪ petrol … English terms dictionary
gasoline — ☆ gasoline [gas΄ə lēn′, gas′ə lēn΄ ] n. [ GAS + OL2 + INE3] a volatile, highly flammable, colorless liquid mixture of hydrocarbons produced by the fractional distillation of petroleum and used chiefly as a fuel in internal combustion engines:… … English World dictionary
Gasoline — This article is about the fuel and industrial solvent. For other uses, see Gasoline (disambiguation). Petrol redirects here. For other uses, see Petrol (disambiguation). For the bird group, see petrel. A jar containing gasoline … Wikipedia
