fuel : Idioms & Phrases

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Artificial fuel

  • fuel consisting of small particles, as coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or blocks.
Webster 1913

diesel fuel

  • noun a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines
    diesel oil.
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fossil fuel

  • noun fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content
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fuel cell

  • noun cell that produces electricity by oxidation of fuel (hydrogen and oxygen or zinc and air); often used in electric cars
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fuel consumption rate

  • noun the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned
    mileage; gasoline mileage; gas mileage.
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fuel filter

  • noun a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel
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fuel gauge

  • noun an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle
    fuel gauge.
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fuel indicator

  • noun an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle
    fuel gauge.
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fuel injection

  • noun mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine; avoids the need for a carburetor
    fuel injection.
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fuel injection system

  • noun mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine; avoids the need for a carburetor
    fuel injection.
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fuel level

  • noun the amount of fuel remaining
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fuel line

  • noun a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine
    petrol line; gas line.
    • the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line
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fuel oil

  • noun a petroleum product used for fuel
    heating oil.
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fuel pod

  • noun a detachable container of fuel on an airplane
    pod.
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fuel system

  • noun equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine
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fuel-air bomb

  • noun a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive
    thermobaric bomb; volume-detonation bomb; aerosol bomb; vacuum bomb.
    • a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb
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fuel-air explosive

  • noun a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below
    FAE.
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liquid-fueled

  • adjective satellite fueled by a liquid fuel
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nuclear fuel

  • noun fuel (such as uranium) that can be used in nuclear reactors as a source of electricity
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rocket fuel

  • noun an explosive charge that propels a rocket
    rocket propellant; rocket propellent.
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