PETROL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does petrol mean? 

• PETROL (noun)
  The noun PETROL 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: PETROL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PETROL (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

gas; gasolene; gasoline; petrol

Hypernyms ("petrol" 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 "petrol"):

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 ("petrol" is a substance of...):

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

 Context examples 

A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and which could eventually be used to develop a sustainable liquid fuel alternative to petrol.

(‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas, University of Cambridge)