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fuel gauge

fuel gauge noun: an instrument, usually mounted on an instrument panel, which indicates the quantity of fuel in the fuel tank(s).

fuel gauge: an instrument, usually mounted on an instrument panel, which indicates the quantity of fuel in the...
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Noun

fuel gauge (plural fuel gauges)

  1. An instrument, usually mounted on an instrument panel, which indicates the quantity of fuel in the fuel tank(s).
    • "Game over," Waddicor warns. "Look at the fuel gauge. Someone's forgotten to fill up." The heavily laden train has come from Freightliner's Maritime Terminal in Southampton's western docks. Waddicor reckons there might not be enough diesel in the tank to complete the journey.2025 August 20, Paul Clifton, “A driver's eye view of East West Rail”, in RAIL, number 1042, page 30

fuel gauge meaning in Tamil and Arabic

fuel gauge in Tamil

எரிபொருள் அளவி, எரிபொருள் மானி, எரிபொருண்மானி

fuel gauge in Arabic

measuring instrument
عَدَّاد الوَقُود ʕaddād al-waqūd

Forms of fuel gauge

pluralfuel gauges

Questions about fuel gauge

What does fuel gauge mean?
Fuel gauge means an instrument, usually mounted on an instrument panel, which indicates the quantity of fuel in the fuel tank(s).
What is fuel gauge in Tamil?
Fuel gauge in Tamil is எரிபொருள் அளவி, எரிபொருள் மானி, எரிபொருண்மானி. See Fuel gauge meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fuel gauge?
Fuel gauge is a noun.
What is the plural of fuel gauge?
The plural of fuel gauge is fuel gauges.

Words near fuel gauge in the dictionary

  1. fuel duty
  2. fuel economies
  3. fuel economy
  4. fuel filter
  5. fuel filters
  6. fuel gauge
  7. fuel gauges
  8. fuel injection
  9. fuel injector
  10. fuel injectors
  11. fuel line

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fuel gauge (page history and authors); fuel gauge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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