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Noun: leaded gasoline
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: leaded petrol)
  1. Gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks
    "combustion of leaded gasoline released lead into the air where it could cause lead poisoning";
    - leaded petrol [Brit]

Type of: gas [N. Amer], gasolene [N. Amer], gasoline [N. Amer], juice [informal], petrol [Brit]

Antonym: unleaded gasoline [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Leaded gasoline