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Noun: gasoline engine
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: petrol engine)
  1. An internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline; most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines
    - petrol engine [Brit]

Derived forms: gasoline engines

Type of: ICE, internal-combustion engine

Part of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motorcar, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Encyclopedia: Gasoline engine