fuel
Noun
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A substance that can be consumed to produce energy (synset 114899228)
"more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft"is a type of: substance - a particular kind or species of matter with uniform propertiessubtypes:
- biomass - plant materials and animal waste used as fuel
- butane - occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels
- charcoal, wood coal - a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air
- coal gas - gaseous mixture produced by distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting
- coke - carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
- diesel fuel, diesel oil - a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines
- fire - fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
- fossil fuel - fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content
- fuel oil, heating oil - a petroleum product used for fuel
- gasohol - a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn
- gas, gasolene, gasoline, petrol - a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
- illuminant - something that can serve as a source of light
- coal oil, kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil - a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
- methanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit - a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol
- nuclear fuel - fuel (such as uranium) that can be used in nuclear reactors as a source of electricity
- propane - colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel
- red fire - combustible material (usually salts of lithium or strontium) that burns bright red; used in flares and fireworks
- combustible, combustible material - a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power
- water gas - a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with small amounts of other gases; made by blowing steam over hot coke or coal
- firewood - wood used for fuel
- igniter, ignitor, lighter - a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
Verb
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Provide with a combustible substance that provides energy (synset 202343382)
"fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"
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Provide with fuel (synset 202361419)
"Oil fires the furnace"same as: fire
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Take in fuel, as of a ship (synset 202241806)
"The tanker fueled in Bahrain"subtypes: refuel - take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car
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Stimulate (synset 201766030)
"fuel the debate on creationism"
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