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Word entry · 8 letters

gasoline

Best crossword clue

"Car fuel"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡæs.ə.liːn/Part of speech nounSorted aegilnosStarts with GEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A flammable liquid fuel used in many engines.

Word origin

From gas + -ol (suffix used in the names of oils) + -ine (suffix used in the names of derivatives). So called because it was originally used in the manufacture and enrichment of domestic gases, such as air gas.

Used in a sentence

  • You can't put gasoline in this car. This car takes diesel fuel.
  • […] naphtha of specific gravity exceeding eighty degrees […] and of the kind usually known as gasoline, shall be subject to a tax of five per centum ad valorem.
  • So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

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