diesel fuel

noun

: a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines

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First, officials look back over the prior year and determine the average wholesale price of diesel fuel in Connecticut. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026 But refineries essentially have to choose between making that lubricant or making diesel fuel. Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 June 2026 Raising rates aims to dampen the consumer price inflation fed by higher costs for products made from crude such as gasoline, diesel fuel, cooking gas and heating oil. ABC News, 11 June 2026 The federal agency released a 2,700-page environmental impact report of the site, which found a leaking sewer system, mold, diesel fuel contamination, asbestos and lead. Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for diesel fuel

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of diesel fuel was in 1949

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“Diesel fuel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diesel%20fuel. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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