diesel
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈdiːzəl/
:
diésel
- It's not just gas and diesel where these savings are possible.
- diesel fuel
- gasoline and diesel
- diesel prices
But then how much diesel supply do you have?
- But then how much diesel supply do you have?
- I have a camera, I get donations, I buy diesel generators.
- And that's the that's the fuel that Rudolf Diesel used to make his engine and that's diesel.
- It stinks of like emissions, stinks of diesel.
- If he's got all of that just built into his cock, that thing runs on diesel.
- So imagine one day that we would be able to make liquid fuels like gasoline and diesel from renewable energy.
- I'm doing the one thing I hate to do and that is putting petrol, diesel, whatever it is in the car.
- This is this is mainly about cars, vans, heavy goods vehicles and the petrol and the diesel that they burn.
- Deep, heavy diesel, pepper, big extreme heat.
- My man has picked up all them comments, put them inside and said that's my fuel, that's my diesel.
Examples
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How do you think people's perspective will change on diesel cars and things like that?
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What is the difference between diesel and petrol?
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But then how much diesel supply do you have?
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You do have diesel fuel?
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We used to bring diesel in off the ships.
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A range of short- and long-term policy options for diesel are being considered in these countries.
Academic text (2003) -
"We are trying to reorient ourselves to making more diesel," the company said.
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Diesel exhaust causes lung cancer.
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The hybrid consumes diesel fuel because it's available at any rail yard.
Academic text (2001) -
Many trucks and buses run on diesel fuel for better fuel efficiency.
Synonyms
14
2.8
A heavy oil used to power engines in vehicles and machines
1
2.8
A heavy oil used as fuel in diesel engines
Fuel for cars and lorries that run on diesel
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.1
A railway engine that runs on diesel fuel rather than steam or electricity
- Specialized
1
5.5
A train engine that uses electric motors powered by a diesel engine
- Specialized
A train engine that uses a diesel engine to make electricity that runs its electric motors
- Specialized
A train engine that uses a diesel engine and a hydraulic system to send power to the wheels
- Specialized
A train engine that uses a diesel motor and fluid pressure to drive the wheels
- Specialized
A heavy machine that uses diesel to drive long metal posts deep into the ground for foundations
- Specialized
A heavy construction machine that uses a diesel engine to drive piles into the ground
- Specialized
An engine that sends diesel fuel straight into the part where it burns to use less fuel
- Specialized
A diesel engine that injects fuel directly into the chamber where it burns
How Renewable
- Specialized
9
3.8
45
2.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word diesel was soon used for the fuel that runs those engines, so 'diesel' now means the type of heavy fuel used in many trucks and buses.