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gasoline

/ˈɡæs.ə.liːn/noun3 syllables

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

Synonyms for gasoline3

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

gasolene, gas, petrol

What does gasoline mean?1

noun

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Gasoline in a sentence

  • Fuel oil, gasoline and kerosene are extracted from petroleum.AlanF_US
  • This lawnmower runs on gasoline, don't put diesel in.araneo
  • Gasoline stations, roadside stands and small houses followed the new road.unknown
  • There's a good chance that gasoline prices will go up.CK
  • The price of gasoline is so high that we cannot buy a big car.CM
  • I ran out of gasoline on the way.OsoHombre
  • The cost of gasoline keeps on going up.Source_VOA
  • I bought forty dollars' worth of gasoline today.papabear

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Forms of gasoline

as a noun

plural
gasolines