Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any fuel derived from hydrocarbon deposits such as coal, petroleum, natural gas and, to some extent, peat; these fuels are non-renewable, and their burning moves carbon from underground into the atmosphere via the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.

    fossiler Brennstoff

    ископа́емое то́пливоiskopájemoje tóplivo

More definitions
  • fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content

Examples

36 sentences
  1. Fossil fuels won't be available forever.

    ruИскопаемые виды топлива не будут нам доступны вечно. — odexed

    deFossile Brennstoffe werden nicht für alle Zeit verfügbar sein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Fossil fuel prices shot through the roof.

    deDie Preise fossiler Brennstoffe gingen durch die Decke. — samueldora

  3. The continent is abundant in fossil fuels.

    deDer Kontinent ist reich an fossilen Brennstoffen. — Tamy

  4. Coal is a fossil fuel.

    ruУголь — это ископаемое топливо. — Wezzel

    deKohle ist ein fossiler Brennstoff. — Luiaard

  5. Fossil fuels are the main causes of global warming.

    Викопне паливо це головна причина глобального потепління. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    deFossile Brennstoffe sind die Hauptverursacher der Klimaerwärmung. — shirimasen

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Forms

plural: fossil fuels
Singularfossil fuel
Pluralfossil fuels

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