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- [gas-uh-leen, gas-uh-leen]
- /ˌgæs əˈlin, ˈgæs əˌlin/
- /ˈɡæsəliːn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [gas-uh-leen, gas-uh-leen]
- /ˌgæs əˈlin, ˈgæs əˌlin/
Definitions of gasoline word
- noun gasoline a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc. 1
- noun gasoline Refined petroleum used as fuel for internal combustion engines. 1
- noun gasoline vehicle fuel 1
- uncountable noun gasoline Gasoline is the same as petrol. 0
- noun gasoline any one of various volatile flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons, mainly hexane, heptane, and octane, obtained from petroleum and used as a solvent and a fuel for internal-combustion engines. Usually petrol also contains additives such as antiknock compounds and corrosion inhibitors 0
- noun gasoline a volatile, highly flammable, colorless liquid mixture of hydrocarbons produced by the fractional distillation of petroleum and used chiefly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines 0
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Origin of gasoline
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1860-65; gas + -ol2 + -ine2
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Parts of speech for Gasoline
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gasoline popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gasoline
noun gasoline
- juice — the natural fluid, fluid content, or liquid part that can be extracted from a plant or one of its parts, especially of a fruit: orange juice.
- oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- petrol — British. gasoline.
- diesel fuel — a combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engines.
- gasohol — a mixture of gasoline and ethyl alcohol, generally containing no more than 10 percent alcohol, used as an alternative fuel for some automobiles.
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