Definitions for gasoline
ˌgæs əˈlin, ˈgæs əˌlingaso·line

Princeton's WordNet(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. gasoline, gasolene, gas, petrol(noun)

   a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. gasoline(Noun)

   A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol.

   So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline? - 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft

   Etymology: gas + -ol + chemical suffix -ine

2. gasoline(Noun)

   A certain kind of gasoline.

   Etymology: gas + -ol + chemical suffix -ine

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Gasoline(noun)

   a highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used in making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to water gas. See Carburetor

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Gasoline

   Gasoline, or petrol, is a transparent, petroleum-derived oil that is used primarily as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It consists mostly of organic compounds obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with a variety of additives. Some gasolines also contain ethanol as an alternative fuel. In North America, the term gasoline is often shortened in colloquial usage to gas, while petrol is the common name in the UK, Republic of Ireland and in Commonwealth countries. Under normal ambient conditions, its material state is liquid, unlike liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Gasoline

   Volative flammable fuel (liquid hydrocarbons) derived from crude petroleum by processes such as distillation reforming, polymerization, etc.

How to pronounce gasoline?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gasoline in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gasoline in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of gasoline in a Sentence

1. Morgan Stanley:

   China made up ... 70 percent of global gasoline growth (in 2015).

2. Ryan Sweet:

   Consumers have an enormous windfall to spend from lower gasoline prices.

3. Marichal Brown:

   Marichal Brown spilled gasoline on the floor on purpose, then set the nozzle up and lit a match to it and set it all on fire, as a man just pulled up to pump gas.

4. Trilby Lundberg:

   In the absence of any significant rise in crude oil prices, which have been quite stable over more than two months, the flush supply and high refining capacity utilization in the U.S. has offset the impact of our robustly growing gasoline demand.

5. Sarah Sanders:

   Waters yelled at a cadre of reporters outside the Speaker’s Lobby who were asking her about her comments. She also refused to answer questions about whether her remarks are bad for her party. Waters has faced bipartisan criticism for her weekend comments to a crowd of supporters in Los Angeles. After White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen were pressured to leave restaurants last week amid the backlash over family separations at the border, Waters had urged the crowd to keep up the pressure. If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere.

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