Noun: gasolene ,ga-su'leen or 'ga-su,leen
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: petrol)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: 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
"during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasolene";
- gasoline [N. Amer], gas [N. Amer], petrol [Brit], juice [informal]
Derived forms: gasolenes
Type of: fuel, hydrocarbon
Part of: gasohol
Encyclopedia: Gasolene