diesel

or Die·sel

[ dee-zuhl, -suhl ]
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adjective
  1. noting a machine or vehicle powered by a diesel engine: diesel locomotive.

  2. of or relating to a diesel engine: diesel fuel.

noun
  1. a vehicle powered by a diesel engine.

Origin of diesel

1
After R. Diesel, the engine's inventor

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Other definitions for Diesel (2 of 2)

Diesel
[ dee-zuhl, -suhl ]

noun
  1. Ru·dolf [roo-dolf, -dawlf; German roo-dawlf], /ˈru dɒlf, -dɔlf; German ˈru dɔlf/, 1858–1913, German automotive engineer.

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British Dictionary definitions for diesel (1 of 2)

diesel

/ (ˈdiːzəl) /


noun
  1. a ship, locomotive, lorry, etc, driven by a diesel engine

  1. informal short for diesel oil

  2. Southern African slang any cola drink: spook and diesel

  3. sucking diesel See suck (def. 10)

British Dictionary definitions for Diesel (2 of 2)

Diesel

/ (ˈdiːzəl) /


noun
  1. Rudolf (ˈruːdɔlf). 1858–1913, German engineer, who invented the diesel engine (1892)

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