gasoline
//ˈɡæs.ə.liːn//
Forms
- Plural
- gasolines
Definitions
1.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.
- So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
2.Any specific kind of this fuel.
- The refinery produces a wide range of gasolines.
- He was trying to invent a cleaner-burning gasoline.
3.Marijuana, especially very potent or of high quality.(slang)
4.An alcoholic beverage made of vodka and energy drink.(slang)
1.Made from or using gasoline.
- If successful, Edison and Ford, in 1914, would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .
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Rare· #4782
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Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der.
Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos)
Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der.
Dutch gasbor.
English gas
Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon
Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion)der.
Latin oleumder.
English -ol
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos