'Gasoline' definitions:
Definition of 'gasoline'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Gasoline'
From: GCIDE
- Gasoline \Gas"o*line\, Gasolene \Gas"o*lene\(? or ?; 104), n. A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained mostly from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used as a fuel for most automobiles and for many other vehicles with internal combustion engines. The gasoline of commerce is typically blended with additives to improve its performance in internal combustion engines. Gasoline was also used in the early 1900's in making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to water gas. See Carburetor.
- Syn: petrol[Brit]. [1913 Webster +PJC] Gasoline engine
Synonyms of 'gasoline'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alcohol,
- avgas,
- benzine,
- briquette,
- burnable,
- butane,
- carbon,
- charcoal,
- coal,
- coal oil,
- coke,
- combustible,
- crude,
- crude oil,
- dope,
- electricity,
- ethane,
- ethanol,
- ethyl,
- ethyl gas,
- fireball,
- firing,
- flammable,
- flammable material,
- fossil oil,
- fuel,
- fuel additive,
- fuel dope,
- gas,
- gas carbon,
- heptane,
- hexane,
- high-octane gas,
- high-test,
- illuminant,
- illuminating gas,
- inflammable,
- inflammable material,
- isooctane,
- jet fuel,
- kerosene,
- lead-free gas,
- light source,
- low-lead gas,
- luminant,
- methane,
- methanol,
- motor oil,
- natural gas,
- octane,
- oil,
- paraffin,
- peat,
- pentane,
- petrol,
- petroleum,
- premium gas,
- propane,
- propellant,
- regular,
- rock oil,
- rocket fuel,
- turf