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diesel

[ UK /dˈiːzə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˈdisəɫ, ˈdizəɫ/ ]
NOUN
  1. an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil

How To Use diesel In A Sentence

  • ‘I want to come back when it's a bit quieter,’ I shouted over the din of amplified music, throbbing diesel generators and rattling joy rides.
  • Even BMW and Jaguar have high-performance diesel models, and sell a great deal of them.
  • Another source of energy that is needed in medium - and large-scale plants is diesel fuel required for operating forklifts which is estimated at one litre per ton of final product. Chapter 10
  • The diesel mechanics had worked indoors prior to 1988, during which time diesel engines were run indoors during servicing and tuning.
  • The 18 new buses are diesel-electric hybrids, and they get 60 percent better fuel economy and provide up to a 90 percent reduction of certain emissions than the previous diesel buses.
  • Apart from some diesel clatter at low speeds, the engine fades away into the background.
  • Luxury motors and diesels bucked the downward trend. The Sun
  • Pictures, diagrams, tables and models are used to explain the evolution of engines from steam through diesel to electric traction.
  • The economic slowdown has dented demand for petrol and diesel, into which biofuels are mixed. Times, Sunday Times
  • The first examples of the Western Region's main line diesel-hydraulics had appeared the previous year and Cornwall was planned to be one of the first areas of BR to banish steam altogether.
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