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 company also benefitted from high profit margins at its refineries turning crude into useable products such as diesel fuel. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

If Russia continues its brutal war against Ukraine, diesel fuel and jet fuel prices are going to remain volatile. — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026

Farmers are also struggling to afford diesel fuel to run their equipment during harvest, and some homeowners are paying record heating oil costs. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

And diesel fuel that powers the trucks delivering most groceries and department store goods to Connecticut hit an all-time high in late September. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 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