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petrol English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word petrol once they have reached the level A2 – Elementary. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning petrol meaning

What does petrol mean?

Definitions in simple English

petrol Noun

— Petrol is a liquid fuel made from oil. I don't care whether the car's got a diesel engine or a petrol engine as long as it'll get me from A to B. Drivers are lining up for hours in front of petrol stations. Petrol prices are on the way up again with Shell pushing prices at the pumps to more than £2.34p. Let's hope the car doesn't run out of petrol.

petrol

— noun (= gasoline) a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

Synonyms petrol synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as petrol?

petrol English » English

gasoline

gas

benzine

gasolene

kerosene

petroleum

oil

black gold

naphtha

mineral oil

fuel

motor spirit

gravy

volatile oil

spirit

soup

motor fuel

liquid fuel

lighter fuel

light oil

kerosine

gasoline oil

gas station

gas oil

fossil oil

extract

essence

crude oil

Topics petrol topics

What do people use petrol to talk about?

Universe, creation World Solid, liquid, gas

Oil

• What types of oil are there?
  petroleum petrol gasoline gas diesel kerosene paraffin crude oil mineral oil ointment liniment lotion Vaseline glycerin

Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals

Working with chemicals

• What are the names of specific chemicals?
  acetate alcohol amino ammonia arsenic asbestos bicarbonate butane camphor carbohydrate chloride chlorine cleaner cleanser colloidal creosote cyanide detergent diesel dioxide emulsion enamel ethane ethanol ether fluoride fluorite fuel gas gel helium hydrogen iodine leaven hydrocarbon hydrochloric gasohol gasoline glycerin kerosene lacquer latex lithium lubricant methane neon nitrogen nylon oil oxide oxygen ozone paraffin peroxide phosgene petrochemical petrol petrolatum petroleum polyester protein rayon resin rosin yeast silicate silicon sodium solution sol solvent spar sulfuric tallow tannin tartar thinner turpentine varnish vitriol water

Work and occupation Working with buildings

Building

• What kinds of buildings are used by travelers?
  station railroad station bus station gas station petrol station rest area parking lot

Examples petrol examples

How do I use petrol in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Our car will run out of petrol in 2 minutes.

How much petrol is left in the tank?

It looks like we're out of petrol.

We don't have any petrol left.

This lawn mower runs on petrol.

There is a great demand for petrol.

The cost of petrol keeps on going up.

More and more environmentalists advocate and use environmentally friendly unleaded petrol in cars.

We ran out of petrol.

I live in a country where a liter of petrol is cheaper than a liter of water.

The petrol pump attendant wasn't very thrilled when we only bought a newspaper from him.

I'm pretty sure we've got enough petrol to get us home.

Petrol is no longer a cheap fuel.

The petrol station is open seven days a week.

How many litres of petrol does it take to fill your car?

The petrol containers were punctured.

Movie subtitles

My word, no petrol?

There's no petrol anyway.

I don't believe there's three gallons of petrol left in this accursed ruin of a town.

Oh, I'm not one of your petrol hoarders.

I'll do what I can, but you can't fly without petrol.

I'll get petrol for you, trust me.

You can't fly without petrol.

I can manage to get your reserve petrol.

I'm determined to push this old crock as far as the petrol station.

Don't forget it's my petrol.

Sergeant tells me you ran out of petrol, Erica. Yes, I.

Yes, sir? Would you, like a good fellow, have my car filled with petrol?

Get the petrol.

How much petrol have you got?

Bring the petrol pump handle!

Got plenty of petrol?

Will our petrol hold out?

It took a mere three minutes to substitute petrol for the paraffin in the darkroom lamp.

It wasn't petrol.

So it wasn't petrol.

Not with the amount of petrol we've got.

But we've got petrol?

I've talked to Rome three times. There's no petrol on the way nor any committed to us.

And no petrol at all?

With the petrol we've got left, we have two choices: We can remain here and be destroyed. or we can pull out tonight and dig in somewhere for the next round.

Why not? Montgomery's got no petrol shortage.

How much petrol as against how much ink?

Would you, like a good fellow, have my car filled with petrol?

Well, if one of you fellows will finance me with petrol, I'll lead you.

Because I'm out of petrol.

I soaked it into petrol. and it burnt.

It wasn't petrol. - So it wasn't petrol.

And the pioneer motorist bought his petrol from the chemist.

All right for petrol?

But what use is that in a world of tramlines and petrol fumes?

We used at least 3 litres of petrol.

Petrol's expensive so we couldn't do that all night.

We will carefully conserve the remaining supplies of petrol in the depot.

News and current affairs

In Novgorod I saw LukOil (one of Russia's big private oil companies) petrol stations.

What makes a market economy a market economy, I thought, is the fact that you can always find a Texaco or a BP, Elf or Statoil petrol station, or a Seven Eleven store in Alaska, South Carolina or Tokyo.

Burning hydrocarbons (natural gas and petrol) yields both water and CO2.

After the relief effort, this complex human balance was replaced by a cash economy, and the power brokers became those who could dole out the rare, precious petrol.

After all, every liter of petrol that is replaced with a biofuel benefits the environment.

British voters line up behind the truck drivers when protests are launched against hikes in the price of petrol, not least through the introduction of higher energy taxes.

A decision to de-regulate petrol and diesel prices has sparked massive street protests and stoked fears of rampant inflation.

If a shooting war ever breaks out in Asia, Japan is nowadays prepared to do a lot more than fill the petrol tanks.

Moreover, Ahmadinejad uses the sanctions as political cover to pursue his economically sound - but deeply unpopular - policy of slashing subsidies on electricity, petrol, and bread.

Eventually, a Danish petrol tanker rescued 569 survivors.

Police fired tear gas into the compound, standing by as those outside the cathedral launched petrol bombs, hurled rocks, and shot at those inside.

But, while politicians spent the growth dividend on poorly targeted giveaways such as subsidized petrol and cooking gas, the need for further reform only increased.