gas|o|lene

gas|o|lene
gas|o|line or gas|o|lene «GAS uh leen, GAS uh LEEN», noun.
a colorless, liquid mixture of hydrocarbons which evaporates and burns very easily. It is made by distilling crude petroleum or from gas formed in the earth. Gasoline is used chiefly as a fuel for automobiles and other internal-combustion engines, and also as a solvent for fats and as a cleansing agent.
[American English < gas + -ol2 + -ine2, earlier -ene]

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