Gasoline - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈɡæsəliːn|  American pronunciation of the word gasoline
Brit.  |ˈɡæsəliːn|  British pronunciation of the word gasoline

noun

- a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines (syn: gas, gasolene, petrol)

Extra examples

People are angry about rising gasoline prices.

Gasoline prices have been edging upward.

The price of gasoline has crept back up to three dollars a gallon.

Does your car take diesel or gasoline?

Drivers were irked by the higher gasoline prices.

The smell of gasoline nauseates me.

The smell of gasoline makes me nauseous.

Gasoline won't always be cheap and plentiful.

During the war, the government rationed gasoline.

An automobile must have gasoline to run.

We were rationed to ten gallons of gasoline a month.

Republicans went on the offensive over soaring gasoline prices.

Gasoline prices are 14% below the peak level they hit in November.

Gasoline was in short supply (=not enough of it was available) after the war.

...a proposal to knock 10 cents off the gasoline tax...

Word forms

noun
singular: gasoline
plural: gasolines
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