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# diesel

noun (diesel; also a diesel, diesels)

«diesel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Diesel is a kind of heavy fuel made from oil, used in many trucks, buses, trains, tractors and some cars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diesel/#m1)
2. A diesel is a vehicle or engine that uses diesel fuel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diesel/#m2)
3. It is named after Rudolf Diesel, the engineer who invented the diesel engine (a name). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diesel/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, at a petrol station (US: gas station) you choose petrol or diesel; putting the wrong one in a car can break it. In science and geography lessons, diesel is a fossil fuel that gives out carbon dioxide and pollution, so many towns now want electric buses instead. Phrases: «diesel engine», «diesel fuel», «diesel train», «diesel fumes».

### Examples

- Dad filled the van with diesel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diesel/#x1)
- The diesel train rumbled into the station. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diesel/#x2)
- Tractors usually run on diesel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diesel/#x3)
- Diesel fumes make the air dirty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diesel/#x4)
- Our school bus is now electric, not diesel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diesel/#x5)
- Never put diesel in a petrol car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diesel/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable for the fuel («some diesel»); countable for vehicles («two old diesels»). Capital D only for the inventor's name. Diesel is not the same as petrol (gasoline); the engines are different.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «diesel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diesel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«diesel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/diesel.html) on Mova free.