petrol
petrol
Definition
petrol
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- pour: The lady walked off and Tyrone began to pour the gasoline over the rubbish.
- exclude: At around £ 2,000 it is one of the cheapest solutions available ( excluding gasoline ).
Preposition: on
- bonfire: To suggest they charge ' polluters ' will be akin to pouring gasoline on a bonfire for many citizens.
Adjective modifier
- unleaded: Current prices start at from 94 pence per liter for unleaded gasoline.
- leaded: The Government wants all cars using leaded gasoline off the roads.
- lead-free: The Council also agreed to take steps to transfer the County fleet both purchased and leased to lead-free gasoline as soon as practicable.
- 2.0-litre: Power comes from a new 2.0-litre gasoline or a 2.2 diesel engine.
- 1.6-litre: Steering is electro-hydraulic ( hydraulic for the 1.6-litre gasoline ), with a distinct and controlled steering feel.
- ultra-low: Lead in gasoline is now a thing of the past, and we are now using tax incentives to promote ultra-low sulfur gasoline.
Modifies a noun
- station: Note the garage / gasoline station in front of the " Earl of Crewe.
- forecourt: There are currently 24 stores on Shell gasoline station forecourts.
- pump: Food & drink: The cafe is behind the gasoline pumps on the way in to the paddock, greasy spoon sort of stuff.
- bomb: The footage also showed a Warrior tank being hit by home-made gasoline bombs hurled by people in the crowd.
- tank: The spare wheel is held in a secure cradle beneath the boot / gasoline tank which holds 10 imperial gallons.
- engine: Fuel bills for the huge gasoline engine are the only real drawback.
Noun used with modifier
- four-cylinder: The Volvo V40 is available with four-cylinder gasoline engines from 109 bhp to 200 bhp.
- liter: Only the 3 liter gasoline engine survives in original form.
- sulfur: Lead in gasoline is now a thing of the past, and we are now using tax incentives to promote ultra-low sulfur gasoline.
- octane: Otherwise, without the catwalk, we'd have dropped into the dike and become soaked in high octane gasoline.
- cylinder: They were powered by a horizontally opposed, 12 cylinder gasoline engine and were built by Vauxhall Motors of Luton.
petrol Quotes
It would indeed be the ultimate tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more noble than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump.
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