fuel

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The water pumps in the camp require fuel, and the fuel is almost gone.

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  1. noun Something consumed to produce energy, especially:
  2. noun A material such as wood, coal, gas, or oil burned to produce heat or power.
  3. noun Fissionable material used in a nuclear reactor.
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  • Whether the fuel is a loaf of bread or a gallon of gasoline, the energy that keeps your heart pumping and your car running ultimately comes from the sun shining on plants. —  Omni: May 1994
  • "See to it that you siphon fuel from the Russian trucks, Bix," advised Wollschläger. —  Panzer Aces
  • Further fuel was added to the fire when he announced that he would not be the keynote speaker at MacWorld —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • This not only sofened the leather but waterproofed it, as the parafin in the fuel was absorbed by the boot. —  Kit Up
  • Shortages of cooking gas and other fuel are also constraining households from cooking dry foods that may be available. —  ReliefWeb - Headlines
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  1. Middle English feuel, from Old French fouaille, feuaile, from Vulgar Latin *focālia, neuter pl. of *focālis, of the hearth or fireplace, from Latin focus, hearth, fireplace.

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  1. Early modern English also fewel, fewell; from Middle English fuel, fuelle, fewell, also fowayle, from Old French fouailles (cf. deriv. fouailler, a wood-yard, and the Middle Latin reflex foallia, fuel, also Old French fuelles, brushwood), from Middle Latin focale, the right of cutting fuel, also fuel, focalium, plural focalia, brushwood for fuel, from Latin focus, fireplace, Middle Latin focus, French feu, etc., fire: see focus. Cf. foyer, feuage, etc.
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