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 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 Maintaining uptime becomes even more important to reduce the use of diesel fuel to power backup generators. Phillip Marangella, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 The diesel fuel must be boiled out of the crude oil and rarely contains any solid material after this step has taken place. Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024 The department said on its scanner that there was lots of diesel fuel in the water around the ship and that there were construction workers on the bridge pouring concrete at the time. Brian Dakss, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2024 New Jersey police and emergency crews responded to a 13-car pileup on Tuesday night that was caused by black ice, injuring some motorists while a jackknifed tractor trailer leaked diesel fuel onto the highway and into the Passaic River, according to reports. Greg Wehner, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2023 Emergency personnel at the scene just after 7 a.m. found diesel fuel had spilled, Lower Saucon Police Chief Thomas H. Barndt told reporters Saturday morning. Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024 Both France and Germany have shelved policies that would increase the price farmers pay for diesel fuel. Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 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 24 Apr. 2024.

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