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Fuels
Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
📖 Definitions of "Fuels"
noun
- 1
Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
- 2
Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
- 3
Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
"His books were fuel for the revolution."
verb
- 1
To provide with fuel.
- 2
To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fuels"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| firenoun | (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering. |
| combustiblenoun | A material that is capable of burning. |
| combustible materialnoun | a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power |
| atfnoun | (US, law enforcement) Initialism of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives). |
| biofuelsnoun | Any fuel that is obtained from a renewable biological resource, especially from biomass. |
| breedsnoun | (dialectal) Alternative form of braid (“board, shelf, plank”). [(obsolete, countable) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.] |
| bunkersnoun | (military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks. |
| combustiblesnoun | The quality or state of being combustible |
| combustionnoun | (chemistry) The act or process of burning. |
| drivesnoun | The quality of being drivable, of being easy or pleasant to drive |
| emissionsnoun | Something which is emitted or sent out; issue. |
| encouragesverb | To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit. |
| energiesnoun | The capacity to do work. |
| fednoun | (Canada, in the plural) The Canadian federal government. |
| feedsverb | Clipping of federate. [To unite in a federation.] |
| feedstocksnoun | Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process. |
| foodnoun | (uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life. |
| foods | a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering various aspects of food science. |
| fossilnoun | The mineralized remains of an animal or plant. |
| fostersverb | (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child. |
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