jet fuel
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3.5
- noun
- /dʒɛt fjuːəl/
- Specialized
:
combustible de aviación
- Several hundred thousand gallons of jet fuel went up in seconds.
- jet fuel prices
- jet fuel, lubricating oils
- diesel and jet fuel
But also because the elevator pit right below them was full of jet fuel that was on fire.
- But also because the elevator pit right below them was full of jet fuel that was on fire.
- So you say take a date a year from now and you say I'm going to sell you this many gallons of jet fuel for this price.
- You know, we're able to do these things that Once Upon a time would have required us to, you know, spend money and burn jet fuel and so forth.
- It was the first scramjet to use jet fuel instead of hydrogen and had a more lightweight design.
- And, and the reason is it's jet fuel.
- No, no jet fuel, no rockets.
- Technology goes up, up, up, up, up, but sometimes it doesn't because people don't like Sonic booms and jet fuel got too expensive.
Examples
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Along the entire starboard side of the plane, where jet fuel had spilled, orange flames churned at the windows.
Fiction book (1991) -
Airlines want planes that save on jet fuel; they're losing money hand over fist, and every expense saving helps.
Blog text (15) -
I love the smell of jet fuel.
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The company is already working with the U.S. Navy on jet fuel.
Blog text (13) -
Just how much jet fuel is consumed a year right now?
Blog text (14) -
There's a strong smell of jet fuel.
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory studied algae as a possible source of jet fuel for many years.
Academic text (2007) -
The Oil Reserve Board would also periodically assess whether the U.S. government needed other types of reserves, such as gasoline, jet fuel, and other refined products.
Academic text (2008) -
90,000 liters of jet fuel ignites enough to take the jetliner to Los Angeles.
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The aircraft needs jet fuel to operate effectively during long flights.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a type of fuel designed for use in jet aircraft engines' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'jet' (an aircraft powered by jet engines) with 'fuel' (material burned to make energy). This noun+noun compositional pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Jet fuel comes from the simple idea that jet is the fast airplane and fuel is what makes the engine run. So, the name means 'fuel for jets'.