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FUEL LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fuel line mean? 

FUEL LINE (noun)
  The noun FUEL LINE has 1 sense:

1. a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engineplay

  Familiarity information: FUEL LINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FUEL LINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fuel line; gas line; petrol line

Context example:

the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line

Hypernyms ("fuel line" is a kind of...):

pipage; pipe; piping (a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.)

Holonyms ("fuel line" is a part of...):

fuel system (equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine)


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