Petrol

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Petrol \Pe*trol"\ (p[-e]*tr[=o]l), n.
     1. Petroleum. [Archaic and R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (p[e^]"tr[add]l"), Same as {gasoline}; -- British usage.
        [British]


        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  petrol
       n : a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and
           heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used
           mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines [syn: {gasoline},
            {gasolene}, {gas}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "petrol":
     avgas, benzine, coal oil, crude, crude oil, electricity, ethyl,
     ethyl gas, fossil oil, gas, gasoline, high-octane gas, high-test,
     illuminant, illuminating gas, kerosene, lead-free gas,
     light source, low-lead gas, luminant, motor oil, oil, paraffin,
     petroleum, premium gas, regular, rock oil