diesel
/ˈdiːzəl/US/ˈdisəl/
diesel noun: a fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed. Also the ellipsis of diesel engine.
Noun
diesel (countable and uncountable, plural diesels)
- A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed.
- They were chagrined to see that the price of diesel had climbed past six dollars a gallon.
- Synonyms:
- diesel fuel, DFO
- A vehicle powered by a diesel engine.
- His next truck will be a diesel.
- A group of overalled men at one of the dozen stained crueted tables looked up briefly as they came in and then resumed their low conversation. Relief crews for the Diesels, Bond guessed.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 119
- A rider who has an even energy output, without bursts of speed.
- Synonym of snakebite and black.
- Synonyms:
- snakebite and black
- A particular cannabis hybrid.
Verb
diesel (third-person singular simple present diesels, present participle (US) dieseling or (UK) dieselling, simple past and past participle (US) dieseled or (UK) dieselled)
- To ignite a substance by using the heat generated by compression.
- For a spark-ignition internal combustion engine to continue running after the electrical current to the spark plugs has been turned off. This occurs when there's enough heat in the combustion chamber to ignite the air and fuel mixture without a spark, the same way that heat and pressure cause ignition in a diesel engine.
- The only reason the VW bug has a solenoid is to prevent it from dieseling.
Also used as
diesel is also the ellipsis of diesel engine.
diesel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
diesel in Hindi
- fuel
- डीज़ल ḍīzal
diesel in Tamil
- fuel
- டீசல் ṭīcal
diesel in Marathi
- fuel
- डिझेल ḍijhel
diesel in Urdu
- fuel
- ڈِیزَل ḍīzal
More languagesFewer languages
- diesel in Bengali
- ডিজেল, ডিজেলের, ডিজেলিং
- diesel in Telugu
- డీజిల్, డీజల్, డీజలింగు
- diesel in Kannada
- ಡೀಸಲ್, ಡಿಸೇಲ್, ಡೀಝಲ್
- diesel in Punjabi
- ਡੀਜ਼ਲ
- diesel in Odia
- ଡିଜେଲ, ଡିଜେଲ୍, ଡିଜେଲିଂ
- diesel in Nepali
- डिजेल, डीजल, डिजल
- diesel in Arabic
- دِيزَل dīzal, دِيزِل dīzil, سُولَار sūlār, سُولَر sūlar
- diesel in Malay
- diesel
- diesel in Vietnamese
- điêzen
- diesel in Myanmar
- ဒီဇယ်ဆီ dijaihci
Examples of diesel in a sentence
- The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.
- BP are putting petrol and diesel down in what could be the start of a price war.
- You can't put gasoline in this car. This car takes diesel fuel.
Synonyms of diesel
Forms of diesel
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | diesels |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | diesels |
| present participle US | dieseling |
| present participle UK | dieselling |
| past participle US | dieseled |
| past US | dieseled |
| past participle UK | dieselled |
| past UK | dieselled |
Origin of diesel
From German Diesel, named after inventor Rudolf Diesel, who developed a heavy-duty engine in Germany (1892–1897) and perfected it throughout his life.
Words formed from diesel
- biodiesel
- dieseldom
- diesel dyke
- diesel-electric
- diesel exhaust
- diesel exhaust fluid
- DEF
- Dieselgate
- diesel generator
- diesel-hydraulic
- dieseline
- dieselise
- dieselization
- dieselisation
- dieselize
- diesel laundering
- diesel loco
- diesel particulate filter
- diesel-powered
- dieselpunk
- diesel therapy
- diesel tree
- diesohol
- e-diesel
- electrodiesel
- green diesel
- mycodiesel
- petrodiesel
- red diesel
- semidiesel
- sour diesel
- suck diesel
- turbodiesel
- ultra-low sulfur diesel
- ultra-low sulphur diesel
Phrases with diesel
- diesel fuel
- diesel dykes
- diesel fuels
- diesel locos
- diesel motor
- diesel trees
- sucks diesel
- Turbo Diesel
- diesel motors
- sucked diesel
- diesel engines
- runaway diesel
7 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with diesel
Questions about diesel
- What does diesel mean?
- Diesel means a fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed.
- What is diesel in Hindi?
- Diesel in Hindi is डीज़ल (ḍīzal). See Diesel meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is diesel?
- Diesel can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce diesel?
- Diesel is pronounced /ˈdiːzəl/.
- What is the plural of diesel?
- The plural of diesel is diesels.
Words near diesel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: diesel (page history and authors); diesel (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diesel (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diesel (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diesel (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diesel (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diesel (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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