Definitions
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?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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