petrolpet‧rol /ˈpetrəl/ ●●● S3 noun [uncountable] 
unleaded petrol petrol prices The petrol tank is leaking.COLLOCATIONSphrasesa litre of petrola tankful/tank of petrol (=the amount of petrol that you need to fill up a car)· He bought a tankful of petrol.petrol + NOUNa petrol station (=a place where you take your car to fill it with petrol)· We'd better stop at the next petrol station.a petrol pump (=a machine for putting petrol into cars at a petrol station)the petrol tank (=the part of a car where you put the petrol)· The petrol tank was nearly empty.a petrol tanker (=a vehicle used for carrying petrol)verbsfill (a vehicle) up with petrol· She stopped to fill up with petrol.run out of petrol· They ran out of petrol some miles from their destination.run on petrol· Many older vehicles have been converted to run on unleaded petrol.use petrol· Try to cut your motoring costs and use less petrol.adjectivesunleaded petrol (=petrol that does not contain lead)leaded petrol (=petrol that contains lead)
WORD ORIGINpetrol
Origin:
1500-1600 French pétrole, from Medieval Latin petroleum; ➔ PETROLEUMEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- At Carcassonne she found she was running out of her precious petrol coupons.
- He was conscious of feeling cold in the van and of the unpleasant smell of petrol.
- It was seven miles away and petrol was still rationed.
- Police said they were investigating the incident as a petrol bombing.
- The defendants were held to have been negligent in selling the child the petrol but the child was not contributorily negligent.
- The reaction was serious rioting and attacks on the police involving petrol bombs, bricks, and stones.
- The stench of petrol urged them on.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYphrases
British English a liquid obtained from petroleum that is used to supply power to the engine of cars and other vehicles SYN gasoline American English: (=the amount of petrol that you need to fill up a car)· He bought a tankful of petrol.
petrol + NOUN (=a place where you take your car to fill it with petrol)· We'd better stop at the next petrol station.
(=a machine for putting petrol into cars at a petrol station)
(=the part of a car where you put the petrol)· The petrol tank was nearly empty.
(=a vehicle used for carrying petrol)
verbs· She stopped to fill up with petrol.
· They ran out of petrol some miles from their destination.
· Many older vehicles have been converted to run on unleaded petrol.
· Try to cut your motoring costs and use less petrol.
adjectives (=petrol that does not contain lead)
(=petrol that contains lead)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES British English (=containing petrol)· A petrol bomb was hurled at police as they chased the car.
· The van has a 2.5 litre diesel engine.
(=for putting petrol into cars)
(=get its power from electricity etc) Most cars run on unleaded fuel.
Most cars run on unleaded fuel. British English, gas station American English (=where petrol is sold)
British English, gas tank American English
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· With mounting evidence of global warming the last thing this planet needs is cheaper petrol.
· Thus the company is uniquely placed to sum up current interest in alternative fuels for diesel and petrol engines.· The cleaned and cooled gas can be used in diesel or petrol engines.
· It will take many years to phase out existing cars that run on high octane leaded petrol.· There are two ways of producing high octane lead-free petrol.· But remember that these cars accrue, and can withstand, significantly higher mileages than petrol cars, 50-90,000 being the norm.
· Volcanoes, cigarettes, forest fires, stubble burning, leaded petrol, combustion plants and incinerators are all contributors.· As a first step, the sale of leaded petrol will be banned from January 1992.· What is the situation with regard to leaded petrol?· The leaded petrol market is shrinking so fast that some major petroleum companies have discontinued refining leaded petrol.· Some people say that once the car is adjusted I should alternate between leaded and unleaded petrol?· It will take many years to phase out existing cars that run on high octane leaded petrol.
· Mr Brown had promised a 2p cut from this month in the price of ultra-low sulphur petrol.· By now I was low on petrol and flew back to Takali after Thacker hit the water.
· This saving would easily cover the cost of adjusting cars which can not already run on unleaded petrol.· The budget provided the financial incentive, but much confusion still abounds over the use of unleaded petrol.· Was unleaded petrol sold in Oxford in 1983?· Total unleaded petrol rose from a market share of 7.7 percent in January 1987 to 32 percent by the beginning of 1991.· The Green Party aims to gain concessions on environmental safeguards for nuclear power and on the ingredients of unleaded petrol.· There is more to being green than recycling your newspapers and using unleaded petrol.· Many new models of cars can already run on unleaded petrol without any adjustment.· All models run on unleaded petrol.
NOUN· Last summer saw violence at Blackbird Leys as things came to a head ... with petrol bombs and bricks.· Home Office Ministers fiddled while tyres and a few petrol bombs burned.· The raiders burst into the dining-room and rolled hand grenades along the floor as a petrol bomb was launched outside.· A number of petrol bombs exploded harmlessly between the protesters and the security forces.· Another Epworth resident was burned alive a few days earlier when a petrol bomb was thrown into his home.· The police used armoured vehicles and tear gas to contain the protesters who were armed with rocks and petrol bombs.· Violence continued into the following afternoon and evening; petrol bombs were thrown and shops looted.
· The process is slightly different than that for manufacturing catalysts for petrol cars.· Not that petrol car owners in Britain have much to rejoice about.· With nine petrol cars being sold to every one diesel, scarcity keeps resale prices up.· But remember that these cars accrue, and can withstand, significantly higher mileages than petrol cars, 50-90,000 being the norm.· Seers now say that the petrol car will eventually be replaced by a battery-powered version.
· It uses the familiar 1. litre petrol engine, and comes in three or five-door versions.· This might not seem small in petrol engine terms but for a diesel it is quite dinky.· Power for the rotary cultivation unit was provided by an air cooled petrol engine mounted on the plough.· Clios fitted with petrol engines do not require their first service until 6,000 miles.· But instead of scooting, the rider stands on two side plates, while a small petrol engine drives the rear wheel.· I own a 109 Safari and it is ex-military with the two and a quarter petrol engine.
· She has to be the biggest money-grabber this side of Gordon Brown crazed on petrol fumes.· I am worried about possible toxic effects, from the petrol fumes, and the asbestos.· It appears he lit a cigarette which ignited the petrol fumes.
· As motorists have found to their cost, the result has been a sharp increase in petrol prices at the pump.· The largest contribution to monthly price increases came from motoring costs, including petrol prices.· Ironically that is also the reason behind yesterday's good news for motorists that petrol prices are to drop.· Time allowed 02:26 Read in studio Small garages in the region could be forced out of business in a new petrol price war.· All political parties accept that long-term increases in petrol prices are not only environmentally necessary but unavoidable.· A rising inflationary trend and a persistent fiscal deficit during 1990 were exacerbated by the continuing civil war and rising petrol prices.· He claimed that the government was forcing Petrobrás to run at a loss in order to keep petrol prices and thus inflation down.· On Dec. 5 the government's Energy Regulatory Board had announced increases in petrol prices of between 50 and 80 percent.
· Londoner Richard Tompkins worked as a petrol pump attendant before starting the stamp company in 1956.· It was normal for large houses to carry their own petrol pumps and fire appliances.· An on/off switch on the dashboard controls the petrol pump, and a hand-operated gas-valve regulates the gas flow.· Once the gas flow is adequate, the petrol pump is switched off.· On a hill, the petrol pump is switched on and the gas valve is switched off.· Out from behind a petrol pump appeared a figure that was female, though it took a few seconds to realise it.· Many want to see the return of petrol pump attendants because of the difficulties with self-self service.· What did the robot say to the petrol pump?
· But she started again after a robber held a knife to her as she worked in a petrol station.· The petrol station attendant told her to apply for more at the Kommandatur which turned out to be the old town hall.· The petrol station at Shiel Bridge has a good range of groceries.· Suppose also that there are two groups of petrol stations.· David was jailed for four years after robbing a petrol station to pay for his drug habit.· I drove back to the nearest petrol station in a seriously bad mood and filled up.· I say nearly because he woke as I stopped at the next petrol station.· These days motorists congregate at petrol stations in a seemingly perpetual hunt for fuel.
· Here, the turtle-back fairings over the 65-gallon petrol tanks can be clearly seen.· It sounds mean as hell; you can feel the engine resonating through the petrol tank when the bike is stationary.· Adam crawled out of the Audi, grabbed Billie and ran with her before the petrol tanks exploded.· The tyres went and the petrol tank ignited.· He refilled the petrol tank from Mario's jerrican, and after another ten minutes or so was ready to drive on.· Can't you put sugar in his petrol tank or something?· The reports state its petrol tank had been holed.· The survivors of Lampard's patrol ate dates, sipped water, cleaned weapons, filled petrol tanks and treated the wounded.
· Some petrol tanker drivers have refused to cross picket lines.· The petrol tanker road crews responded to a man and the dockers in Belfast and Larne equally well.
· An environment-minded government may increase petrol tax.· The bluntest way to encourage this would be to increase petrol tax.· The administration would hate this, largely because the petrol tax is so unpopular in the open spaces of the West.· The government is also reported to be planning an increase in petrol tax later this year.· But all car-drivers pay petrol taxes, while only half use the motorways.· A proposition to double the state's 9 cent per gallon petrol tax to increase expenditure on roads was accepted.
VERB· We had a purse with some pesetas in, so we could buy the petrol to get us down to her.· Those who sold their diesels after 50,000 miles or so might just as well have bought a petrol vehicle.· Every time we buy petrol we are faced with an array of sweets and chocolates as we go to pay for it.· They buy newspapers and petrol for their cars, but they don't shop for them.· At the garage where he bought petrol they offered him a complimentary sherry glass because he had bought more than thirty litres.· The first is buying soft mints when I buy petrol.· Mr Bevan said Allen hired the two youths by promising them £100 and giving them an extra £10 to buy petrol.
· Answer: fill it up with petrol.· Should I fill up with petrol just in case?· The prize, though, goes to the mite who offered to watch my car as I was filling up with petrol.· She fills up with petrol on the ring road.· Liu Xiuqin allegedly handed over the bottles to fill with petrol.· Miss Menzies had filled it with petrol on the Friday afternoon and used it on the Monday morning.· A driver had his tank filled with petrol.
· An environment-minded government may increase petrol tax.· It is said that they would increase the cost of petrol by 20p a gallon.· The bluntest way to encourage this would be to increase petrol tax.· Mr Breaux would find some spending cuts but partially replace the energy tax by increasing the tax on petrol.
· Car users pay heavy duties on petrol and must pay licence fees for running a car.· You don't have to pay for parking or petrol and it's much quicker than walking.· But all car-drivers pay petrol taxes, while only half use the motorways.· Of course, the motorist will pay for lead-free petrol in the long run.· The only running cost you will have to pay is for petrol.· He is also charged with driving away from a filling station without paying for petrol.
· At Carcassonne she found she was running out of her precious petrol coupons.· This saving would easily cover the cost of adjusting cars which can not already run on unleaded petrol.· Some stoves are now designed to run on unleaded petrol.· Many new models of cars can already run on unleaded petrol without any adjustment.· He forgot to switch over fuel tanks, so he thought he ran out of petrol when he didn't.· First she runs out of petrol.· All models run on unleaded petrol.· It happened one day when I ran out of petrol and this girl came along.
· Jet, which already sells cut-price petrol, will knock 12p off a gallon of unleaded, reducing it to £199.6p.· The defendants were held to have been negligent in selling the child the petrol but the child was not contributorily negligent.
· After 10 years of torment, Kiranjit Ahluwalia, 36, threw petrol over sleeping husband Deepak and set him on fire.· Hartlepool magistrates heard that he allegedly threw a petrol bomb into the rear of the premises.· He was sentenced to seven years for throwing a petrol bomb.· Youths set vehicles on fire, and threw petrol bombs, blast bombs, bricks and bottles.
· You can use petrol, but that's not particularly safe or healthy and it tends to leave an oily film.· There is more to being green than recycling your newspapers and using unleaded petrol.· The regulations are forcing people to stop using petrol as the major vehicle fuel.· What about other machines using petrol fuel?· The cleaned and cooled gas can be used in diesel or petrol engines.· And not everyone who has a lawn uses a petrol mower!· I have been using unleaded petrol in my Ninety 2.5 litre.
unleaded petrol petrol prices The petrol tank is leaking.COLLOCATIONSphrasesa litre of petrola tankful/tank of petrol (=the amount of petrol that you need to fill up a car)· He bought a tankful of petrol.petrol + NOUNa petrol station (=a place where you take your car to fill it with petrol)· We'd better stop at the next petrol station.a petrol pump (=a machine for putting petrol into cars at a petrol station)the petrol tank (=the part of a car where you put the petrol)· The petrol tank was nearly empty.a petrol tanker (=a vehicle used for carrying petrol)verbsfill (a vehicle) up with petrol· She stopped to fill up with petrol.run out of petrol· They ran out of petrol some miles from their destination.run on petrol· Many older vehicles have been converted to run on unleaded petrol.use petrol· Try to cut your motoring costs and use less petrol.adjectivesunleaded petrol (=petrol that does not contain lead)leaded petrol (=petrol that contains lead)