petroln.
/ˈpɛtr(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈpɛtrəl/ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > mineral oil > [noun]
petroleum1526
oil of petre1528
petrol1540
oil of saltpetre1685
earth-oil1732
white oil1763
mineral oil1771
coal oil1784
petroleum oil1799
crude oil1865
petroleum spirit1868
petroleum coke1881
crude1904
black gold1910
marker crude1974
benchmark crude1975
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > oil > petroleum
petroleum1526
oil of petre1528
petrol1540
green oil1607
oil of saltpetre1685
mineral oil1771
coal oil1883
1540 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1907) VII. 357 To..gunnaris for expens..upoun..ule petrolle ule de olive wannat ule turpatyne [etc.].
1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. G4v As the clay petrot draweth fire, so the lookes do gather affection.
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Petroll, a substance strained out of the naturall Bitumen... It is for the most part white, and somtime black, and being once set on fire can hardly be quenched.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xiii. 85 These Ingredients being mingled with Oyl of Petriol.
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Petreol, a certain Liquor that falls from the Fields near Modena, like Oyl extracted out of a Rock.
1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 43 Petrol is evidently nothing else but Naphtha, altered by the action of the air.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 147 Naphtha, or pure rock oil, as fluid and transparent as water; petrol, which is less fluid and pure, when it is yet more impure it becomes mineral tar.
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1877 H. Watts Dict. Chem. (new ed.) IV. 381 On distilling the crude petroleum with steam at a pressure of 4 or 5 atmospheres, and rectifying the naphtha which passes over, a portion is obtained boiling below 180° and consisting of petrol together with olefines and homologues of marsh-gas.
3. A light fuel oil made by distilling petroleum and used in internal-combustion engines, esp. in motor vehicles. Cf. gasoline n.Now also used more generally to include diesel.This sense is not in use in the U.S. and Canada.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > liquid
naphthec1384
naphtha1543
paraffin1851
kerosene1854
octylene1857
shale-oil1857
coal oil1859
gasoline1863
octane1867
octene1868
octyne1877
gas1878
liquid fuel1889
petrol1895
mazut1897
white fuel1901
diesel oil1905
autogas1908
juice1909
sauce1918
power kerosene1919
petroil1921
ethyl1923
lox1923
kero1930
isooctane1932
high-octane1933
hi-octane1933
Calor1936
pool petrol1939
super1939
pool1940
derv1948
platformate1949
mixture1952
diesel1953
Mapp gas1962
gasohol1971
super unleaded1975
synoil1976
synjet1979
biodiesel1986
Orimulsion1987
1895 D. Salomons Horseless Carriage 14 Benzine of a certain density, known in France under the name of essence de pétrol,..is the material employed to run the engines.]
1895 F. R. Simms in Sat. Rev. 3 Aug. 144/1 The Daimler carriage can easily take a gradient of 1 in 10... The fuel used is rectified petroleum or petrol or benzoline, of a specific gravity of 0·680 to 0·705, which has many advantages over common petroleum, and is obtainable almost anywhere.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 26 July 5/1 The death by fire of a lady in a hairdresser's shop while having her hair dressed with a preparation known as petrole.
1900 Daily News 24 Apr. 7/5 Petroleum spirit (familiarly known as ‘petrol’).
1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon xiv. 297 I left poor Miss Bracey lamenting and borrowed ten bob of her at the last minute for enough petrol.
1966 A. MacLean When Eight Bells Toll v. 94 My bursting lungs felt as if someone had filled them with petrol and struck a match.
1981 A. Waterman Out for Elem. 54 Our taxi-driver..with four of us for the London plane ran out of petrol among these fields.
1990 W. A. Livesey GCSE Motor Vehicle Stud. iv. 47/1 The carburetter mixes petrol and air in the correct proportions to be burnt inside the engine.
2000 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 12/6 The German coalition..has introduced an ‘eco-tax’ on petrol to discourage motorists.
2008 D. Fleminger Richtersveld Cultural & Bot. Landscape 153 The Baken mine, close to Sanddrif, is the only place in the area where you can get petrol (unleaded, LRP and diesel).
4. A shade of blue likened to the colour of petrol.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > other blues
blue-green1659
water blue1723
king's blue1778
garter-blue1792
smalt-blue1794
pencil blue1815
stone-bluea1855
azuline1864
night-blue1868
canard1872
Labrador blue1873
electric1882
chasseur-blue1900
cornflower1907
petrol blue1913
larkspur1927
petrol1927
flow-blue1961
1927 Daily Express 22 Feb. 6 (advt.) White, Phlox, Cardinal, Red, Black, Brown, Navy, Bois de Rose, Lavender, Petrol, New Blue, Grey.
1971 Vogue 15 Sept. 129/1 Coat..sizes 10–16; colours: black, purple, green, brown, petrol.
1994 Eaton's '94 Best Fall Shopping (Toronto, Ont.) Autumn 21/2 (caption) Oyster and, in selected stores, cabernet or deep petrol. Sizes 1X–3X.
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a. General attributive and objective (in sense 3).
petrol adjustment n.
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1920 V. W. Pagé Useful Hints for Motorists iii. 78 Turn petrol adjustment to the right..until motor idles smoothly.
petrol bicycle n.
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1895 Times 28 Nov. 11/5 The Germans had also attempted petrol cycles. Mr. Pennington of New York had invented a petrol bicycle.
1904 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 14 Dec. 2/3 A De Dion steam car and a petrol bicycle.
petrol bus n.
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1906 Times 23 Apr. 14/1 The petrol bus..can undoubtedly claim the honour of having awakened the public mind to the clumsiness and inefficiency of horse traction.
1999 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 15 Jan. 18 A trolley bus..looks very much like a petrol bus.
petrol can n.
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1908 Times 14 July 16/5 Petrol cans should never be opened or left open except for the immediate purpose of filling up the petrol tank on the car.
1991 Motor Boat & Yachting Jan. 89/3 I cannot, however, endorse your suggestion of refuelling from petrol cans..with the possibility of people walking past with cigarettes, [etc.].
petrol car n.
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1899 Times 19 June 9/2 In one petrol car..complete absence of vibration is said to be obtained by a system of balancing the cranks of the engine.
1994 Social Stud. Sci. 24 556 Although not able to match the speed of the petrol cars, his [diesel] became the first car ever to drive the 500 miles non-stop.
petrol consumption n.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > motor vehicle > qualities of motor vehicle
driveability1880
petrol consumption1902
performance1907
roadholding1921
acceleration1922
crashworthiness1948
gradeability1952
1902 Mansfield (Ohio) News 26 Apr. 6/1 The combination motor..is claimed to reduce by about 20 per cent the ordinary petrol consumption.
1992 Environment Digest (BNC) Feb. The Saab car company of Sweden is developing a heat accumulator which it claims will reduce exhaust pollution by up to 40 per cent and petrol consumption by 8 per cent.
petrol costs n.
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1920 Times 31 Aug. 14/3 Whether an increase..in their petrol costs will lead to a demand for increased fares from the drivers of taxi-cabs is not yet known.
1991 Which? Aug. 477/2 I am disappointed that you have not taken the opportunity to highlight performance in terms of mpg, in view of higher petrol costs.
petrol cycle n.
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1895 Times 28 Nov. 11/5 The Germans had also attempted petrol cycles. Mr. Pennington of New York had invented a petrol bicycle.
1917 E. Butler Transmission Gears iii. 66 The first use of a planetary reducing gear as a transmission between a petrol motor and the driving wheel of an automobile, was made in 1888–9 by Edward Butler on his petrol cycle.
petrol engine n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > petrol
petrol engine1902
gas motor1909
gas engine1910
1902 Mansfield (Ohio) News 26 Apr. 6/1 The mechanism consists of a petrol engine, whose flywheel on the crank shaft is replaced by a dynamo.
1990 W. A. Livesey GCSE Motor Vehicle Stud. iii. 29/1 The two-stroke petrol engine is used mainly in small motor cycles, although some cars have used it.
petrol feed n.
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1906 W. W. Beaumont Motor Vehicles II. viii. 158 Pressure-fed lubrication is adopted for the engine and for the petrol feed.
1977 J. Cleary High Road to China v. 145 One of the petrol feed pipes had been dented... Fuel had been getting to the engine only in a trickle.
2002 Northern Echo (Nexis) 26 Feb. 5 Machine gun fire tore through the petrol feed pipe.
petrol filler n.
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1907 Westm. Gaz. 22 Nov. 10/1 The latest thing in petrol-fillers, horns and sirens.
1988 Which? Nov. 548/2 Bonnet lock, petrol filler and steering lock secure.
2000 Scootering Mar. (Scooter Trader Suppl.) 75/3 The underseat helmet bay is 27 litres big; enough for a full face and a U-lock, and the petrol filler is in the central tunnel.
petrol fumes n.
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1908 Lancet 29 Feb. 658/2 He was only able to find in the literature one other case relating to the toxic effects of petrol fumes.
1996 Big Issue 19 Aug. 14/2 It has rained a lot this summer, a very British rain,..laden with petrol fumes and pigeon shit.
petrol-grease n.
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1907 Westm. Gaz. 19 Feb. 10/2 Petrol-grease is perfectly free from bacteria.
petrol lamp n.
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1916 Manitoba Free Press 29 July 15/3 In the glow of the petrol lamp he held in his hand.
1978 G. Sims Rex Mundi vii. 45 We sped with..straining sails and hissing petrol lamps.
2001 Times (Nexis) 8 Nov. A petrol lamp to supplement the candles.
petrol motor n.
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1896 Times 21 May 6/1 Apparatus for effecting Marine Propulsion by Gas or Petrol Motor Engines.
1900 W. W. Beaumont Motor Vehicles xiv. (heading) Light Petrol Motor Vehicles.
1991 F. Kippax Butcher's Bill (1992) (BNC) 228 In another time it would have been a delight, the twenty-minute trip along the craggy shore, the petrol motor almost purring.
petrol omnibus n.
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1900 Daily News 7 Sept. 6/5 The two petrol omnibuses now running had taught them some valuable lessons.
1946 Times 22 Mar. 7/5 Lanchester..was one of the pioneers of the petrol omnibus.
petrol pipe n.
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1904 Times 22 Aug. 13/2 One case of fire there was also—namely, the Kynoch, which was badly damaged owing, it is said, to a leaky petrol pipe's dripping.
1991 R. Ivins Know your Land Rover (BNC) 8 The petrol pipe is routed too close to sources of heat which is causing vapour locking in the pipe.
petrol ration n.
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1916 Times 1 Aug. 5/2 Today the petrol ration system comes into force.
1948 G. V. Galwey Lift & Drop v. 107 He's very scrupulous about his petrol ration being for professional purposes only.
1993 S. Stewart Ramlin Rose xx. 199 He'd used no end of his precious petrol ration soughtin out our Suey's Pines address.
petrol rationing n.
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1939 Times 18 Feb. 7/4 (heading) Petrol rationing in time of war.
1944 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 22 Nov. 1/1 The official said that was under consideration by the Petrol Rationing Board.
1993 R. Murphy Smash & Grab vii. 87/1 Severe petrol rationing made constant to-ing and fro-ing between London and Bovingdon difficult.
petrol tank n.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > fuel tank
petrol tank1902
tank1902
gas tank1916
1902 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 189 At Pigginfold, after ten minutes, we refilled our petrol tank and lavishly oiled our engines.
1990 W. A. Livesey GCSE Motor Vehicle Stud. iv. 46/2 The petrol tank is fitted with a sensor unit to measure how much petrol is in the tank.
petrol tanker n.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > tanker > for petrol or oil
oil tanker1916
petrol tanker1921
oiler1975
1921 Times 9 May 16/5 (advt.) Pumping oil from tank ships. Flexstel is an ideal flex for quick and economical distribution and discharge of the Oil and Petrol Tanker.
1991 G. Szirtes Bridge Passages 30 The fixed stare of endless waves of cars cresting in truck and petrol tanker.
petrol tap n.
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1906 Autocar Handbk. xix. 144 The petrol tap having been turned on, the float may be agitated so as to flood the carburetter.
2003 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 May 1 Life was simpler back then.., but not when it came to starting your motor car... Switch on petrol tap, pump air into the fuel tank [etc.].
petrol-tin n.
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1910 Times 5 Feb. 10/4 He considered that the present petrol tins should be improved.
1990 D. Highsmith Frankie (BNC) Buddie was sitting on a hard chair with one foot resting on an upturned petrol-tin.
petrol vapour n.
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1903 Times 3 Jan. 12/1 The explosive charge or mixture of petrol vapour and air.
1992 Environment Digest (BNC) Mar. President Bush has reversed an Administration pledge which would have compelled vehicle manufacturers to fit special canisters to trap petrol vapour during refuelling.
b. Instrumental.
petrol-driven adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > [adjective] > powered by specific miscellaneous fuel
solid-fuelled1891
petrol-driven1899
fossil-fuelled1959
1899 Westm. Gaz. 10 June 7/2 The ‘Delahaye’ four-wheel petrol-driven phaeton.
1937 E. Blunden Elegy 50 The televisionary world to come, The petrol-driven world already made.
1994 New Scientist 14 May 12/1 A long list of petrol-driven devices comes under the regulation, including leaf blowers, shredders, fork-lift trucks, portable generators, [etc.].
petrol-engined adj.
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1905 Times 12 Jan. 12/2 It has been left to Messrs. Straker and Squire..to inaugurate the first trial of a petrol-engined vehicle suited to public purposes.
1990 Which? Guide New & Used Cars 4/1 Reliability is average to good for petrol-engined cars.
petrol-propelled adj.
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1904 Times 10 Oct. 7/6 The Norwegian expedition, under the command of Amundsen, in the Gyoa, the first petrol-propelled craft used in Arctic waters, is reported to have arrived at the island.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 671 A scheme for the development of Irish tourist traffic in and around Dublin by means of petrolpropelled riverboats.
2001 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 3 Nov. G3 The belt-driven motor/generator charges up a secondary 36-volt battery during normal petrol-propelled driving.
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petrol attendant n. a person employed to refuel motor vehicles at a petrol station.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > [noun] > service station > owner or worker
pump attendant1906
gas attendant1923
garagist1928
pump jockey1954
petrol attendant1955
1955 Times 20 Jan. 6/5 (heading) Vice-President Nixon as petrol attendant.
2000 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 2 Apr. 5/1 [He] rode off to serve his jail sentence this week for assaulting a black petrol attendant.
petrol blue n. = sense 4.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > other blues
blue-green1659
water blue1723
king's blue1778
garter-blue1792
smalt-blue1794
pencil blue1815
stone-bluea1855
azuline1864
night-blue1868
canard1872
Labrador blue1873
electric1882
chasseur-blue1900
cornflower1907
petrol blue1913
larkspur1927
petrol1927
flow-blue1961
1913 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 22 Sept. 2/1 (advt.) In black and the velvet colors, Mahogany, Alque green, petrol blue, Lautre browns etc.
1995 Scotsman 21 Oct. (WeekEnd section) 2 (advt.) 93 (L) Volvo 440 1.6 Li, Petrol blue, 19,200 miles, one owner.
petrol bowser n. Australian and New Zealand = bowser n.2
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > [noun] > service station > parts of
petrol pump1905
gas pump1911
bowser1921
lubritorium1930
pump island1932
petrol bowser1942
forecourt1958
pump1972
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > tanker > for petrol or oil > used for fuelling aircraft tanks
bowser1942
petrol bowser1942
1942 W. Simpson One of Our Pilots is Safe 18 All this was changed by the arrival of the hundred odd vehicles of our M.T. columns—petrol bowsers, tractors, office trailers.
1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand 151 Tobacconists selling magazines, pubs selling cigarettes, petrol bowsers selling sweets.
1993 M. Gee Going West (1994) 19 ‘This one?’—pulling off the road and stopping at the back of petrol bowsers.
petrol bunk n. chiefly Indian English a petrol station.
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1929 Times of India 4 Dec. 17/2 Mr Justice Eddy passed judgement..that the enhanced monthly fee of Rs. 50 levied by the Corporation for petrol bunks in different parts of the city was..illegal.
1976 Instant Res. on Peace & Violence 6 133/2 All along our oil companies and petrol bunks have urged customers to buy more, to glide at a faster speed.
2011 B. Butalia Assasin's Mace xxviii. 160 Twelve thousand liters of petrol in the tanker caught fire and exploded in a fireball engulfing the petrol bunk and the service road.
petrol cap n. (a) rare the cap of a petrol can; (b) the cap which closes the end of the pipe leading to the fuel tank of a motor vehicle (cf. filler cap at filler n.1 1c).
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1931 Times 4 Feb. 8/6 The witness than produced a screw cap which he also found near the petrol tin... Mr Smirk, referring to the petrol cap, said that the solder had been melted.
1940 Times 13 Jan. 14/2 (advt.) Petrol Thefts Increasing.—Lock your petrol cap immediately with a ‘Petroguard’ (patent).
1997 J. Crace Scholar (1998) xx. 321 The words ‘sixteen valve’ were written on the side by the petrol cap, but to Cory none of that really mattered.
petrol coupon n. a petrol rationing coupon; a coupon that can be exchanged for petrol.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > coupon > specific kind of
cigarette coupon1906
petrol coupon1919
twofer1948
1919 Times 22 Apr. 14/3 Garages were at their wits' ends in dealing with the petrol coupons during the rush of other business.
1939 Times 14 Oct. 5/3 (heading) Supplementary petrol coupons.
1991 Holiday Which? Jan. 61/1 Petrol coupons are available that entitle foreigners to discounts on petrol and motorway tolls when they are in Italy.
petrol-electric adj. (a) (of a vehicle, machine, etc.) driven by electric motors powered by current from a generator which in turn is driven by a petrol engine; cf. diesel-electric adj. at diesel n. Compounds 2; (b) (of a generator) driven by petrol.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > motor > [adjective]
motor-driven1895
petrol-electric1903
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > generator > [adjective] > petrol-driven
petrol-electric1903
1903 Motoring Annual 248 The power is derived from the Fischer petrol-electric combination in which a petrol engine works a dynamo and charges an accumulator.
1909 Installation News 3 117/2 The petrol electric set..is increasing in popularity every day; at the moment however the danger does not present itself..as a source of loss to the Central Station.
1928 R. B. Matthews Electro-farming xii. 220 When away from such a source of supply, current is obtained from the petrol electric generator.
1930 Times 25 Mar. 25/1 With regard to the replacement of our motor omnibuses,..the petrol-electric machine..has given us very good service.
2000 Adv. Driving (Inst. Adv. Motorists) Summer 52/2 Honda's hybrid petrol-electric Insight coupé has set a new record of 103 mpg.
petrol gauge n. a meter indicating the quantity of petrol in a tank.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > fuel tank > meter indicating quantity of
petrol gauge1911
gas gauge1912
1911 Times 25 Apr. 12/4 The dashboard..is thus entirely clear except for the petrol gauge.
1991 H. Innes Isvik (BNC) 117 He was peering at the petrol gauge.
petrol injection n. fuel injection, where the fuel is petrol.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > fuel injector > injection of fluid
injection1842
fuel injection1900
priming1911
direct injection1935
petrol injection1940
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 249/2 Direct petrol injection (I.C. Engs.), a method of operating a petrol engine by injecting liquid petrol directly into the induction pipe or cylinder during the suction-stroke, thus dispensing with a carburettor.
1999 Financial Times 9 Oct. (Weekend Mag.) 25 (advt.) The 2.4 litre model with its revolutionary, new GDI petrol-injection engine.
petrol lighter n. (a) a device for igniting petrol; (b) a cigarette lighter employing petrol as fuel.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigarette > lighter
cigar-lighter1874
lighter1895
cigarette lighter1915
petrol lighter1918
Ronson1929
Zippo1944
gas lighter1956
1918 Times 23 Sept. 5/1 The magistrates said that if the defendant had not carried a petrol lighter..they would have sent him to prison.
1924 A. J. Allmand & H. J. T. Ellingham Princ. Appl. Electrochem. (ed. 2) xxi. 514 During recent years the production of ‘mixed metal’..has become important from the point of view of manufacture of the pyrophoric alloys used for making petrol lighters, automatic gas lighters, etc.
1930 D. L. Sayers & ‘R. Eustace’ Documents in Case i. 151 I hunted through my pockets for a petrol lighter.
1993 W. Self My Idea of Fun (BNC) 116 He lit it with his Zippo. ‘I thought connoisseurs never lit their cigars with petrol lighters.’
petrol pump n. (a) a pump at a petrol station for supplying motor vehicles with petrol; (b) a pump which delivers petrol from the petrol tank of a motor vehicle or aircraft to the engine.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > [noun] > service station > parts of
petrol pump1905
gas pump1911
bowser1921
lubritorium1930
pump island1932
petrol bowser1942
forecourt1958
pump1972
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > petrol > pump delivering petrol to
petrol pump1905
1905 Times 24 Feb. 12/5 The explosion..was caused by the presence in the boat of petrol vapour from a leak of liquid petrol at a badly-packed gland of the petrol pump.
1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 19 Oct. 301/2 A hideous outbreak of advertisement hoardings, petrol pumps..and gaunt new motor-tracks.
1976 ‘W. Trevor’ Children of Dynmouth i. 16 His sister was..employed as a petrol-pump attendant on the forecourt of the Smiling Service Filling Station.
1990 W. A. Livesey GCSE Motor Vehicle Stud. iv. 45/1 The layout of a typical petrol supply system is shown in the diagram. The main components are the petrol tank, the petrol pump and the carburettor.
petrol sniffer n. a person who inhales petrol fumes for a narcotic effect.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user > petrol or glue sniffer
petrol sniffer1958
glue-sniffer1963
1958 W. Sansom Cautious Heart 53 Do you know what a petrol-sniffer is?.. It's quite serious really, it's an addiction to the smell of petrol—like any other narcotic. People who work among petrol fumes get the habit.
1996 E. Perkins Barking in Not her Real Name 63 It's the usual scene of scuzzy tramps and teenage petrol sniffers.
petrol sniffing n. the practice or habit of inhaling petrol fumes for a narcotic effect.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > sniffing drugs or glue
petrol sniffing1968
sniffing1968
1968 Times 16 Dec. 5/1 Police and health officials..believe the petrol-sniffing cult is spreading.
2001 Independent 16 Feb. i. 16/7 It is still characterised by grinding social problems such as petrol sniffing and alcoholism.
petrol station n. = filling-station n. at filling n. Compounds 2.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > [noun] > service station
pump station1871
body shop1906
service station1910
petrol station1912
gas station1914
filling-station1921
garage1934
1912 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 23 July 2/2 We shall have established posts and petrol stations.
1996 Caterer & Hotelkeeper 21 Nov. 74/3 Independent petrol stations are increasingly adding fast-food and lodge rooms to their sites in a backlash against the big boys.
petrol tank cap n. a petrol cap.
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1923 Times 11 Dec. 10/5 The petrol tank is in the scuttle and thus..the water and petrol tank caps are handy.
2004 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 13 Feb. 2 Another Christchurch career woman, who prides herself on her independence and je ne sais quoi, received a knock the other day when she found she could not remove the petrol tank cap of her work car.
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petrolv.
/ˈpɛtr(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈpɛtrəl/ rare.
transitive. To refuel (a motor vehicle) with petrol.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [verb (transitive)] > supply with liquid fuel
petrol1902
refuel1918
to tank up1933
to top off1943
lox1961
1902 Daily Mail 23 Apr. 3/6 The [motor-]cars can be fed, groomed, and petrolled for a nominal charge.
1928 Times 22 Aug. 7/1 All vehicles were ‘petrolled’ for a 60 miles run.
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