Petrol

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  • noun. Gasoline.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fill or supply with petrol: as, to petrol a motor-car.
  • noun. Same as petroleum.
  • noun. The lighter hydrocarbons from petroleum which are used as fuel in the motor- engines of vehicles and dirigible balloons; gasolene.
  • An abbreviation of petrology.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Petroleum.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
    • Word Usage
    "Banning lead in petrol is responsible for declining crime rates in Britain, the United States and other countries, startling new research suggests."
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    diesel  kerosene  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fuel  hydrocarbon  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    leaded gasoline  leaded petrol  napalm  unleaded gasoline  unleaded petrol  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    antimatter  booze  coal  diesel  ethanol  
    Synonym
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    avgas  benzine  coal oil  crude  crude oil  
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