diesel
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.
Other meanings
A vehicle powered by a diesel engine.
“His next truck will be a diesel.”
A particular cannabis hybrid.
Kinds of diesel
- direct injection diesel
Related words
- Dieselgate
- dieseline
- dieselise
- dieselize
- dieselpunk
- diesohol
- electrodiesel
- mycodiesel
- petrodiesel
- semidiesel
- turbodiesel
- diesel loco
Word history
From German "Diesel".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “diesel” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.