Fuel

  • 41fuel — Synonyms and related words: ammunition, bunker, cater, charge, coal, combustible, detonate, encourage, encouragement, exacerbate, excite, exhaust, explode, feed, fill up, food, forage, fossil fuel, fuel up, fulminate, gas, gas up, incite,… …

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  • 42fuel*/*/ — [ˈfjuːəl] noun I 1) [C/U] a substance such as oil, gas, coal, or wood that produces heat or power when it is burned a shortage of food and fuel[/ex] 2) [U] petrol or DIESEL used in vehicles The stolen car was abandoned when it ran out of… …

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  • 43fuel — degalai statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Bendras varikliams skirto skystojo ir suskystinto dujinio kuro pavadinimas. atitikmenys: angl. engine fuel; fuel; motor fuel rus. горючее; жидкое топливо; моторное топливо …

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  • 44fuel — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English fewel, from Anglo French fuail, feuaile, from Vulgar Latin *focalia, from Latin focus hearth Date: 13th century 1. a. a material used to produce heat or power by burning b. nutritive… …

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  • 45fuel — [14] The notions of ‘fuel’ and ‘fire’ are closely connected etymologically. Fuel comes via Anglo Norman fuaille from medieval Latin focālia, which was used in legal documents as a term for the ‘right to demand material for making a fire’. It was… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 46fuel — [14] The notions of ‘fuel’ and ‘fire’ are closely connected etymologically. Fuel comes via Anglo Norman fuaille from medieval Latin focālia, which was used in legal documents as a term for the ‘right to demand material for making a fire’. It was… …

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  • 47fuel — See: ADD FUEL TO THE FLAME …

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  • 48fuel — See: ADD FUEL TO THE FLAME …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 49Fuel —    Almost every kind of combustible matter was used for fuel, such as the withered stalks of herbs (Matt. 6:30), thorns (Ps. 58:9; Eccl. 7:6), animal excrements (Ezek. 4:12 15; 15:4, 6; 21:32). Wood or charcoal is much used still in all the towns …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 50-fuel — nitrate fuel …

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