petrol

[US]/ˈpetrəl/
[UK]/ˈpetrəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. gasoline

Phrases & Collocations

petrol station

petrol prices

petrol pump

petrol engine

unleaded petrol

petrol tank

Example Sentences

a blockage in the petrol feed

Petrol is highly inflammable.

The petrol market is an oligopoly.

A petrol gauge shows the amount of petrol left in a car.

There is a ban on smoking in petrol stations.

the differential between petrol and diesel prices.

the petrol is dosed with lead.

diesel units will interchange with the petrol ones.

The petrol consumption of the big car as very high.

Petrol ignites very easily.

We'd better first fill the car up with petrol at the petrol station.

My car runs on unleaded petrol.

The engine runs on unleaded petrol.

a move to raise petrol prices by 3p a litre.

the air smelled like a compound of diesel and petrol fumes.

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