diesel fuel

noun

: a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines

Examples of diesel fuel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The organization also has looked at shifting public policy to regulate burn days, when old orchards are set afire, and electrify big rigs that rely on diesel fuel, a key polluter on the main highways that bring agriculture from the valley to cities in the north and south. Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024 Besides deferring some environmental rules, France has canceled a tax increase on diesel fuel for farm vehicles. Roger Cohen Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024 There was a heat wave amid power outages, the result of an Israeli attack on Gaza’s power plant and restrictions on diesel fuel. Laila El-Haddad, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024 Each 262 feet high, the cranes replaced an older crane that ran on diesel fuel. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024 Farmers love the fact that their photovoltaic (PV) pumps do not require expensive and polluting diesel fuel or grid connections. Fred Pearce, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024 And the oil embargo that began in October 1973, and lasted for several months, led to a shortage of diesel fuel and more passengers. Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024 Dirty diesel fuel is a fuel that may be contaminated with water or sediment picked up during the refining process coming in with crude oil, or from the catalyst used in some other refining processes, according to Lipow. Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024 The coalition government led by Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz had to revise this year’s spending at the last minute, including cancelling a subsidy for agricultural diesel fuel. David McHugh, Fortune Europe, 21 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of diesel fuel was in 1949

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“Diesel fuel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diesel%20fuel. Accessed 1 May. 2024.

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