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fuel
/ˈfjuəl/
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What does fuel mean?
noun
- Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
- Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
- (figuratively) Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
More meanings (2)
verb
- To provide with fuel.
- To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfjuəl/
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The Territory has to import food, fuel, and construction materials, and is dependent on budgetary support from France to meet recurring expenses.
When the dame had gone away he searched in the back quarters of the house for fuel, and speedily lit a fire.
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As everything in the way of saving of fuel was of first-rate importance, we devoted ourselves to that branch of economic working.
Coal gas, used for inflation, formed a suitable fuel for the engine, but limited the height to which the dirigible could ascend.
The root of a small scrubby plant served as fuel, but it made a miserable fire, and the wind was piercingly cold.