About The Word Fuel
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Fuel Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Fuel?
[n] a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft"
[v] stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism" [v] take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain" [v] provide with fuel; as of aircraft, ships, and cars [v] provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fuel: combustible | combustible material | fire Related Terms | Find terms related to Fuel: 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 | incitement | inflame | jet propulsion | kindling | liquid oxygen | nourish | nourishment | nuclear fuel | nutriment | nutrition | oil | propellant | propulsion charge | provender | provision | provocation | provoke | purvey | reaction propulsion | refuel | rocket propulsion | sell | stimulate | stimulus | stoke | sustain | sustenance | thrust | tinder | top off | victual See Also | biomass | bunker | butane | charcoal | coal gas | coke | diesel fuel | diesel oil | excite | firewood | fossil fuel | fuel oil | furnish | gas | gas up | gasohol | gasolene | gasoline | heating oil | igniter | ignitor | illuminant | kerosene | kerosine | lighter | matter | methanol | methyl alcohol | peat | petrol | propane | provide | red fire | refuel | render | shake | shake up | stimulate | stir | substance | supply | take in | take up | water gas | wood alcohol | wood coal | wood spirit Fuel In Webster's Dictionary \Fu"el\, n. [OF. fouail, fuail, or fouaille, fuaille, LL.
focalium, focale, fr. L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LL.,
fire. See {Focus}.] [Formerly written also {fewel.}]
1. Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which
feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood,
coal, peat, etc.
2. Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or
excitement.
{Artificial fuel}, fuel consisting of small particles, as
coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or
blocks.
\Fu"el\, v. t. 1. To feed with fuel. [Obs.] Never, alas I the dreadful name, That fuels the infernal flame. --Cowley. 2. To store or furnish with fuel or firing. [Obs.] Well watered and well fueled. --Sir H. Wotton. |
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