fuel
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fuel/ˈfjuːəl/
▶noun
- 1 material such as coal, gas, or oil that is burned to produce heat or power.
■ food, drink, or drugs as a source of energy.
- 2 something that acts to sustain or inflame passion, argument, or other intense emotion.
- 1 supply or power with fuel.
- 2 sustain or inflame: his lacklustre performance fuelled speculation about his future as leader.
– origin ME: from OFr. fouaille, based on L. focus ‘hearth’ (in late L. ‘fire’).
'fuel' also found in these Oxford entries:
advanced gas-cooled reactor
- afterburner
- all-up weight
- alternative fuel
- amyl nitrate
- avgas
- benzol
- biofuel
- biogas
- biomass
- boiler
- briquette
- bunker
- burn
- burnout
- butane
- calorific
- calorific value
- carbon
- carburation
- carburettor
- cetane number
- choke
- coal
- coke
- compression
- critical
- cut-off
- diesel
- direct injection
- drop tank
- duty
- estovers
- expansion
- faggot
- fire
- firebox
- firewood
- flame-thrower
- float chamber
- food mile
- fossil fuel
- fuel cell
- fuel injection
- fuel oil
- garage
- gas
- gas guzzler
- gasohol
