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Gasoline ˈɡæsəliːn Noun Bre I Fill Tank Week

Word gasoline
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈɡæsəliːn / NAmE / ˈɡæsəliːn /
Example
  • i fill up the tank with gasoline about once a week.
  • leaded/unleaded gasoline
  • can you smell gasoline?
  • during high school he pumped gasoline to make some money.
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gasoline

(noun)BrE / ˈɡæsəliːn / NAmE / ˈɡæsəliːn /
    • = gas
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/gas_1
    • I fill up the tank with gasoline about once a week.
    • leaded/unleaded gasoline

    Extra Examples

    • Can you smell gasoline?
    • During high school he pumped gasoline to make some money.
    • My car runs on unleaded gasoline.
    • Smaller cars don’t guzzle so much gasoline.
    • They can’t resist pouring gasoline on a raging fire.
    • We ran out of gasoline and had to walk.
    • A fire started in a gasoline station near the harbour.
    • They bought a ten-gallon can of gasoline.

    Word Origin

    • mid 19th cent.: from gas + -ol + -ine (or -ene).
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