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diesel

noun

die·​sel ˈdē-zəl How to pronounce diesel (audio)
-səl
1
2
: a vehicle driven by a diesel engine
3

Example Sentences

Does your car take diesel or gasoline?
Recent Examples on the Web An Alameda County judge upheld an order by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District calling for two Oakland cannabis cultivation facilities to stop using diesel generators — an order the agency said the facilities refused to obey. Joel Umanzor, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Sep. 2022 This move decreases the possibility of a disaster but also means that the plant will have to rely on diesel generators to operate its safety equipment if further shelling cuts off external power. Grayson Quay, The Week, 11 Sep. 2022 Energoatom said the risk remains high that outside power is cut again, in which case the plant would have to fire up emergency diesel generators to keep the reactors cool and prevent a nuclear meltdown. Karl Ritter, ajc, 11 Sep. 2022 So the plant is now only stable because of diesel generators and the rick of a nuclear catastrophe real. ABC News, 11 Sep. 2022 Energoatom said the risk remains high that outside power is cut again, in which case the plant would have to fire up emergency diesel generators to keep the reactors cool and prevent a nuclear meltdown. Karl Ritter, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022 That acronym added to the mystery of a field of antennas that can heat a region of space far above our heads with radio waves powered by five powerful diesel generators, each the size of a fuel truck. Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022 Advocates in the state’s underserved urban communities were dismayed to see restrictions on factories using diesel generators lifted so they could be fired up to ease stress on the grid. Erica Werner, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022 The plant had to activate its diesel generators late last month, according to Ukrainian officials. Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Rudolf Diesel

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of diesel was in 1894

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