Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Chiefly British Gasoline.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as petroleum.
- n. The lighter hydrocarbons from petroleum which are used as fuel in the motor- engines of vehicles and dirigible balloons; gasolene.
- To fill or supply with petrol: as, to petrol a motor-car.
- An abbreviation of petrology.
Wiktionary
- n. New Zealand, UK Petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. rare Petroleum.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
Etymologies
- From French (essence de) pétrole, from Medieval Latin petroleum, from Ancient Greek πετρέλαιον (petrelaion, "oil of the rock"), from πέτρα (petra, "stone, rock")+ ἔλαιον (elaion, "olive oil, any oily substance") (Wiktionary)
- French (essence de) pétrole, (essence of) petroleum, gasoline, from Old French petrole, petroleum, from Medieval Latin petrōleum; see petroleum. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Banning lead in petrol is responsible for declining crime rates in Britain, the United States and other countries, startling new research suggests.”
Ban On Leaded Petrol ‘Has Cut Crime Rates Around The World’ | Impact Lab
“And you have refining and delivery of that crude oil as what we call petrol or gasoline.”
“Some oil analysts have speculated that if this sort of what they call petrol terrorism becomes common, oil could hit $100 a barrel.”
“It's an example of how those here are keen to preserve a heritage that has also given the world the word "petrol", matchbox toys, and dry-cleaning.”
“The lighting question presents also some difficulties as some of the rooms are only lighted by petrol lamps and the petrol is very scarce.”
“For those who remember the years after the war and the black market in petrol coupons, I'm sure we would manage to have a similar black market in alcohol!”
Another dim idea from a Labour supporter, but given the source it's hardly surprising
“In September last year, the first symbolic extraction of petrol from the pre-salt layer in the Jubarte field, off the Espirito Santo State coast, took place.”
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Petroleum, elections and poverty matters
“Katara was hit on the head with a hammer before being doused in petrol and set alight.”
The Guardian: Honour killings: Saved from India's caste system by the Love Commandos
“To cheer you up, petrol is over $11 a gallon here.”
“That's several hundred million dollars for a town of a few thousand for a state rolling in petrol-dollars.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘petrol’.
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
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TRAN - road transport
Vocabulary of road transport and roadworthiness
implementation, register, steer, operate, hydraulic, re-examine, visibility, reflector, throttle, equipment, aspirate, petrol and 216 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Things that smell better than they taste
See also Things that taste better than they smell.
coffee, gasoline, shampoo, petrol, paint, cut grass, baby, hair, mudflats, bicycle, coal, naphtha and 36 more...
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Non-Newtonian Fluids
oobleck, ketchup, catsup, custard, toothpaste, shampoo, paint, flubber, Silly Putty, quicksand, Coca-Cola, epoxy and 12 more...
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Words For Novel
viridity, effigy, paragon, congested, acrid, lilting, clandestine, plethora, accolade, sardonic, naïve, reckoning and 285 more...
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Color Words for Shoes
Vendors can get oddly creative.
amaranth, brindle, iguana, slate black, madder brown, bison, pinecone, seal brown, forest night, burnt orange, monument, beet red and 399 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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slumry's Words
cattywampus, ingratiate, lackadaisical, exactitude, exfoliate, fulminate, circumnavigation, circuitous, debride, sidle, sequester, chicory and 1002 more...
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jagosaurus's favorites
Words I like mostly because of the way they sound and feel.
ticonderoga, petulance, snark, estimable, chickahominy, feline, gezellig, gneiss, shit, willy-nilly, shelter, coda and 366 more...
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Genericide
Trademarks that have lost their character as indicators of source to become a general term for a product or service.
cellophane, aspirin, butterscotch, escalator, heroin, kerosene, thermos, yo-yo, zipper, dry ice, email, freeware and 106 more...
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The Amulet of Samarkand
Words and phrases from Jonathan Stroud's The Amulet of Samarkand.
flunky, provenance, pare, rabbit in a covert, short shrift, bunker, trainers, tatty, lob, injunction, doss, bluster and 193 more...
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petro-, petr-
of or relating to rock; relating to petroleum
petrography, petrochemical, petrify, petrefaction, petrification, petroglyph, petrified, petrol, petroleum
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Chromonyms
These chromonyms are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly MW3). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns such as "kelly", which can...
absinthe, acacia, acorn, alabaster, alesan, almond, aloma, amaranth, amber, amethyst, anemone, anil and 821 more...
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The Motherland! (God Bless the Queen)
Words that remind me of England, which I miss very much.
snog, nappy, wanker, telly, knickers, crumpet, pants, bum, loo, bollocks, stroppy, whinge and 108 more...
Tweets
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