diesel fuel

noun

: a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines

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Farmers are also major users of diesel fuel for their farming equipment, and have seen the price of that key workhorse fuel hit record levels. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 Trump had already been criticized by members of both parties after announcing a deal allowing Russia to supply diesel fuel on the global market, despite existing sanctions. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026 What the president’s move has done was for diesel fuel, which is what the world is short right now, and Russia exports today zero diesel. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 The company provides only a few hours of electricity each day, and the state, until a year ago, had taken advances from the Central Bank when diesel fuel ran out. — Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for diesel fuel

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of diesel fuel was in 1949

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