English > fuel: 5 senses > noun 1, substance| Meaning | A substance that can be consumed to produce energy. |
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| Examples | - "more fuel is needed during the winter months"
- "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft"
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| Narrower | biomass | plant materials and animal waste used as fuel |
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| butane | Occurs in natural gas |
| charcoal, wood coal | A carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air |
| coal gas | gaseous mixture produced by distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting |
| coke | carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal |
| combustible, combustible material | A substance that can be burned to provide heat or power |
| diesel oil, diesel fuel | A heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines |
| fire | Fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking |
| firewood | wood used for fuel |
| fossil fuel | fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content |
| fuel oil, heating oil | A petroleum product used for fuel |
| gasohol | A gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn |
| gasoline, gasolene, gas, petrol | A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum |
| igniter, ignitor, lighter | A substance used to ignite or kindle a fire / fire |
| illuminant | Something that can serve as a source of light |
| kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil | A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters |
| methanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit | A light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol |
| nuclear fuel | fuel (such as uranium) that can be used in nuclear reactors as a source of electricity |
| propane | colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum |
| red fire | combustible material (usually salts of lithium or strontium) that burns bright red |
| water gas | A mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with small amounts of other gases |
| Broader | substance | A particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties |
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| Spanish | carburante, combustible, leña |
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| Catalan | carburant, combustible, fuel |
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| Verbs | fuel | provide with a combustible substance that provides energy |
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| fuel | provide with fuel |
| fuel | take in fuel, as of a ship |
