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

First, buses and trains powered by diesel fuel incur a direct increase in fuel costs. — Vidya Mani, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, in Russia, Ukrainian drone attacks have damaged refineries, reducing Russian production of diesel fuel and prompting the country to ban exports of it. — Greg Pollock, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

Home heating oil is very similar in chemical structure to diesel fuel. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

Because so much material is removed, the amount of diesel fuel produced from a barrel of oil is lower than the amount of gasoline that can be produced from that barrel—that’s part of why diesel is so much more expensive than gasoline. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for diesel fuel

• accrual
• nonfuel
• refuel
• renewal
• biofuel
• contextual
• nonrenewal
• nonsexual
• unusual
• cruel
• dual
• duel