Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The fuel that powers a jet aircraft.

    Flugpetrol, Düsentreibstoff, Düsenkraftstoff

  2. The fuel that powers a jet aircraft.

    (countable, excessive, humorous, sometimes, uncountable)Kerosene.

    Near-synonym: (often synonymous) lamp oil

  3. (slang, uncountable)Strong home-brewed alcoholic drink; moonshine; everclear.

    Near-synonym: paint thinner

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.

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  2. The price of jet fuel is one reason aviation technology research is so often focused on making planes lighter and more efficient.

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
type of fuel:

Forms

plural: jet fuels
Singularjet fuel
Pluraljet fuels

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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