diesel fuel
The fuel for a diesel engine: synonym of dieselThe fuel for a diesel engine: synonym of diesel (“fuel”).
» This heating equipment uses diesel as fuel.
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1 senses(uncountable, usually)The fuel for a diesel engine: synonym of diesel (“fuel”).
a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines
Examples
3 sentencesThis heating equipment uses diesel as fuel.
Sami found a can of diesel fuel in Layla's room.
He (Zelenskyy) has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia.
Origin
See diesel engine.See diesel engine.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: diesel fuels| Singular | diesel fuel |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines:diesel oil
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.