Definitions
Material burned for energy; also to stimulate or feed something.
Word origin
From Middle English fuayle, from Old French fouaille, feuaille (“firewood, kindling”), from feu (“fire”), from Late Latin focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”), whence English focus. Cognate with Spanish fuego (“fire”), and Portuguese fogo (“fire”).
Used in a sentence
“More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.”
“A little fuel to get down the mountain.”
“His books were fuel for the revolution.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues
01“Energy for a vehicle”4 letters
02“Engine food”4 letters
03“Gas or coal”4 letters
04“Material burned for power”4 letters
05“What a tank holds”4 letters
06“What powers an engine”4 letters
07“Gasoline or diesel”4 letters
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