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petrodiesel

petrodiesel noun: diesel derived from petroleum (contrasted with biodiesel).

Noun

petrodiesel (countable and uncountable, plural petrodiesels)

  1. (retronym) Diesel derived from petroleum (contrasted with biodiesel).
    • Biodiesel is a technologically feasible alternative to petrodiesel, but nowadays biodiesel costs 1.5 to 3 times more than fossil diesel in developed countries.2007, Ayhan Demirbas, Biodiesel: A Realistic Fuel Alternative for Diesel Engines, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 197
    • Biodiesel these days is selling at about the same prices as petrodiesel, or even a little more in many places.2008 May 18, Jim Norman, “Fuel From Plants, Not Oil Wells”, in New York Times

Forms of petrodiesel

pluralpetrodiesels

Origin of petrodiesel

From petro- + diesel.

Questions about petrodiesel

What does petrodiesel mean?
Petrodiesel means diesel derived from petroleum (contrasted with biodiesel).
What part of speech is petrodiesel?
Petrodiesel is a noun.
What is the plural of petrodiesel?
The plural of petrodiesel is petrodiesels.

Words near petrodiesel in the dictionary

  1. petroculture
  2. petrocultures
  3. petrocurrencies
  4. petrocurrency
  5. petrodentine
  6. petrodiesel
  7. petrodiesels
  8. petrodollar
  9. petrodollars
  10. Petrodvorets
  11. petroeuro

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