diesel fuel

noun

1. a combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engines.

Example Sentences

A short golf-cart ride away, engineers explain how the company will assemble the lithium-ion battery packs that will power the trucks instead of diesel fuel.

From Time

The military boasted that the nuclear reactor there, known as the PM-2A, needed just 44 pounds of uranium to replace a million or more gallons of diesel fuel.

From Popular-Science

Using diesel fuel, it can run as a hybrid for between 10 and 12 hours.

From Popular-Science

Cargo ships usually burn either diesel fuel or fuel oil, which is a petroleum product made at a refinery and generally considered to be dirtier than diesel.

From Voice of San Diego

I unpacked my gear, sand-stained and smelling of diesel fuel and boot leather.

From The Daily Beast

ISTANBUL, Turkey — The lifeblood of the death-dealing Islamic State is diesel fuel.

From The Daily Beast

The added cost in time, diesel fuel, and insurance is crippling.

From The Daily Beast

The air was heavy with the reek of fish and spilled Diesel fuel.

From Project Gutenberg

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