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petrol

/ˈpɛt.ɹəl/noun2 syllables

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

Synonyms for petrol3

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

gasoline, gasolene, gas

What does petrol mean?1

noun

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Petrol in a sentence

  • Ten minutes later, our car ran out of petrol.sundown
  • Shortly after the fire started, the petrol station exploded.Amastan
  • Each night, he buys a bottle of beer from the petrol station.sundown
  • There's a petrol station about half a mile further on.sundown
  • Can you spare me a few liters of petrol?unknown
  • The tank is almost empty; you should go to the petrol station.sundown
  • There's a petrol station about half a mile down the road.sundown
  • The cost of petrol keeps on going up.sundown

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Forms of petrol

as a noun

plural
petrols