From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgasolinegas‧o‧line /ˈɡæsəliːn/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [uncountable] American English TTCa liquid obtained from petroleum, used mainly for producing power in the engines of cars, trucks etc SYN petrol British English
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gasoline• At gasoline stations it is illegal for customers to pump more than 10 gallons a minute.• Improved gasoline yields of up to 25 percent have been achieved using them.• The main gasoline engine can be turned and its valve gear operates.• After the war everything cost more: gasoline, buses, hotel accommodations, and musicians' salaries.• The National Rifle Association says taggants in gunpowder might act like a match struck near gasoline.• Three hundred gallons of gasoline were loaded today.• February unleaded gasoline fell 3. 75 cents to 54. 44 cents a gallon.• In Connecticut, a Waterbury man suffered a fatal heart attack Sunday night after going outside to fill his snowblower with gasoline. 