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LEADED PETROL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leaded petrol mean?
• LEADED PETROL (noun)
The noun LEADED PETROL has 1 sense:
1. gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks
Familiarity information: LEADED PETROL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
leaded gasoline; leaded petrol
Context example:
combustion of leaded gasoline released lead into the air where it could cause lead poisoning
Hypernyms ("leaded petrol" is a kind of...):
gas; gasolene; gasoline; petrol (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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