gasoline

(gas′ə lēn, gasə lēn′)

noun

a volatile, highly flammable, colorless liquid mixture of hydrocarbons produced by the fractional distillation of petroleum and used chiefly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

Origin: gas + -ol + -ine

See gasoline in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A volatile mixture of flammable liquid hydrocarbons derived chiefly from crude petroleum and used principally as a fuel for internal-combustion engines.

Origin:

Origin: gas

Origin: + -ol(e)

Origin: + -ine2

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Related Forms:

  • gasˌo·linˈic (-lēˈnĭk, -lĭnˈĭk) adjective

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