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noun
A fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, uncountable, usually
Qualifier: excluding Canada
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A motor vehicle powered by petrol (as opposed to diesel).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To fill or supply (a vehicle, etc.) with petrol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: gasoline, gasolene, gas
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fuel, hydrocarbon
Narrower terms: leaded gasoline, leaded petrol, napalm, unleaded gasoline, unleaded petrol
History
Borrowed from French (essence de) pétrole, from Medieval Latin petroleum, from Ancient Greek πετρέλαιον (petrélaion, “oil of the rock”), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”)+ ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil, any oily substance”). Doublet of petroleum.
