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noun ADJ. lead-free, ultra-low sulphur (= ULSP), unleaded | leaded, lead replacement (= LRP) | high-octane QUANT. litre, tankful VERB + PETROL fill up with, fill sth (up) with | run on, take, use My car runs on unleaded petrol. | run out of We ran out of petrol and had to walk to the nearest garage. | douse sb/sth in/with, pour Thugs poured petrol over a schoolboy and tried to set him alight. | smell (of) Can you smell petrol? The air smelled of petrol. PETROL + VERB burn, ignite PETROL + NOUN engine, tank | gauge, pump | station | tanker | fumes | prices | tax | bomb
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petrol(UK)
phrases
a litre of petrol
a tankful/tank of petrol
(= the amount of petrol that you need to fill up a car )
• He bought a tankful of petrol.
petrol + NOUN
a petrol station
(= a place where you take your car to fill it with petrol )
• We'd better stop at the next petrol station.
a petrol pump
(= a machine for putting petrol into cars at a petrol station )
the petrol tank
(= the part of a car where you put the petrol )
• The petrol tank was nearly empty.
a petrol tanker
(= a vehicle used for carrying petrol )
verbs
fill (a vehicle) up with petrol
• She stopped to fill up with petrol.
run out of petrol
• They ran out of petrol some miles from their destination.
run on petrol
• Many older vehicles have been converted to run on unleaded petrol.
use petrol
• Try to cut your motoring costs and use less petrol.
adjectives
unleaded petrol
(= petrol that does not contain lead )
leaded petrol
(= petrol that contains lead )
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