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DEEZL/ˈdiːzl/

Diesel is a heavy fuel used in some cars, buses, and trains. Petrol is a different fuel; putting the wrong one in wrecks the engine. A diesel can also mean a diesel car. Minibuses: diesel only goes in a diesel engine; petrol in the school minibus still wrecks it.

Meaning

A heavy fuel used in some cars, buses, and trains, not the same as petrol.

Examples

• “Put diesel only in a diesel engine; petrol in the school minibus still wrecks it.”
• “The college minibus is diesel; the petrol-station pump marked unleaded is the wrong nozzle.”

Good to know

diesel (often uncountable fuel). Extra: a diesel = a diesel vehicle. Contrast: petrol. Minibuses / pumps. Mix-up: a nozzle colour is not a guess — read the label.

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