GASOLENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gasolene mean? 

• GASOLENE (noun)
  The noun GASOLENE has 1 sense:

1. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

  Familiarity information: GASOLENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GASOLENE (noun)

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Meaning:

A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

gas; gasolene; gasoline; petrol

Hypernyms ("gasolene" is a kind of...):

fuel (a substance that can be consumed to produce energy)

hydrocarbon (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gasolene"):

leaded gasoline; leaded petrol (gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks)

napalm (gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flamethrowers)

unleaded gasoline; unleaded petrol (gasoline that has not been treated with a lead compound)

Holonyms ("gasolene" is a substance of...):

gasohol (a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn)