petrol
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- noun
- /ˈpɛtrəl/
- UK
:
gasolina
- He filled the tank with petrol before starting the long journey.
- a petrol station
- petrol prices
- petrol bombs
The car had run out of petrol and he said so.
- The car had run out of petrol and he said so.
- Anything that burns petrol I'm very passionate about.
- I finally found him outside the church, the car run out of petrol and he said so.
- Someone's washing a gun in petrol in the bath.
- It's not the shit they put in cocaine now anyway with petrol, fucking rat poison cement.
- Trucks, lorries, cookies, biscuits, trash, rubbish, gasoline, petrol and so on.
Examples
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We need to stop at the petrol station to refuel the car.
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The price of petrol has increased significantly this year.
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The car had run out of petrol and he said so.
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We are just having a quick petrol and food stop.
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How much petrol do we have?
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Has he only given you enough money and petrol to get to work and back home?
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I got it at the petrol garage.
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I don't have the petrol.
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We've got to get some petrol and boom, boom.
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They've got planes, but not enough petrol for them to take off.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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A material burned to make energy for heat, light or engines
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A liquid fuel used in car engines
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A liquid people put in cars to make the engine run
A liquid that can burn and is used as fuel for cars and machines
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Petrol comes from petroleum, a word that literally means 'rock oil' from the parts petro- 'rock' and -oleum 'oil'. So petrol is the oil from the earth used as fuel for car engines.