See Also: petrol(dictionary)
petrol(dictionary)
Petrol Ofisi(finance)
petrol bomb(dictionary)
petrol station(dictionary)
Petrol Brasileiro, S.A. (petrobras)(finance)
Tpras-Trkiye Petrol(finance)

petrol (iou)



petrol noun. M16.
[French petrole from medieval Latin PETROLEUM. In sense 2 reintroduced from French.]
1. = PETROLEUM. M16-E19.
2. Refined petroleum as used as a fuel in motor vehicles. L19.
3. A shade of blue likened to the colour of petrol. E20.
Comb.: petrol blue = sense 3 above; petrol bomb a simple bomb consisting of a petrol-filled bottle and a wick; petrol-bomb verb trans. attack or destroy with a petrol bomb; petrol cap a cap covering the inlet to the petrol tank of a motor vehicle; petrol coupon a petrol rationing coupon; petrol-electric adjective (a) driven by electric motors powered by current from a generator which is driven by a petrol engine; (b) (of an electricity generator) driven by petrol; petrol gauge a meter indicating the quantity of petrol in a tank; petrol head Austral. slang a car enthusiast; petrol lighter a cigarette-lighter employing petrol; petrol pump (a) a pump at a filling station for supplying motor vehicles with petrol; (b) a pump which delivers petrol from the petrol tank of a motor vehicle or aircraft to the engine; petrol station = filling station s.v. FILLING noun.
petrolless [-l-l-] adjective having no petrol E20.