Meaning

4 senses
  1. (Canada, Philippines, US, uncountable, usually)A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol.

    You can't put gasoline in this car. This car takes diesel fuel.

    Benzin

    бензи́нbenzín

    бензи́нbenzýn

    a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

  2. (countable, usually)Any specific kind of this fuel.

    He was trying to invent a cleaner-burning gasoline.

    The refinery produces a wide range of gasolines.

    газоли́нgazolín

  3. (slang, uncountable, usually)Marijuana, especially very potent or of high quality.

  4. (slang, uncountable, usually)An alcoholic beverage made of vodka and energy drink.

Examples

118 sentences
  1. There's a great demand for gasoline.

    Є виликий попит на бензин. — deniko

    deEs besteht ein großer Bedarf an Benzin. — al_ex_an_der

  2. Gasoline is no longer a cheap fuel.

    Бензин більше не дешеве паливо. — deniko

  3. Gasoline is used for fuel.

    Бензин використовується в якості палива. — deniko

    ruБензин используется в качестве топлива. — Lenin_1917

    deBenzin wird als Treibstoff verwendet. — Zaghawa

  4. Tom had to stop for gasoline.

  5. How much do you pay for gasoline?

    ruСколько ты платишь за бензин? — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
motor fuel:
Русский
By meaning 2
motor fuel:
countable: a particular kind of gasoline:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
motor fuel:

Forms

plural: gasolines

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines:gasolenegaspetrol

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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