[
UK
/dˈiːzəl/
]
[ US /ˈdisəɫ, ˈdizəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈdisəɫ, ˈdizəɫ/ ]
NOUN
- 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.