Synonym: gas, gasolene, gasoline. Similar words: petroleum, perpetrate, patrol, control, metropolis, victrola, metropolitan, comptroller. Meaning: ['petrəl] 
n. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines.
n. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines. 241. Putting Labour in charge of reducing unemployment would be like sending a fire fighter to tackle a blaze with his hoses full of petrol.
242. The road bends right then left, before passing a petrol station.
243. Tell Mac to siphon petrol out of his wagon.
244. He left Wilson beside the petrol dump and walked on.
More similar words: petroleum, perpetrate, patrol, control, metropolis, victrola, metropolitan, comptroller, retrospective, retroactively, retrospection, take control, out of control, under control, control group, electrolysis, beyond control, uncontrollable, pet, petty, compete, carpet, metric, peter out, pettish, impetus, get ready, come true, retract, get rid of.