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{
"term": "gasoline",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a liquid obtained from petroleum, used as fuel in car engines, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I **fill up** the tank **with gasoline** about once a week."
},
{
"text": "**leaded/unleaded gasoline**"
},
{
"text": "the price of gasoline"
},
{
"text": "a tank/gallon of gasoline"
},
{
"text": "Can you smell gasoline?"
},
{
"text": "During high school he pumped gasoline to make some money."
},
{
"text": "Smaller cars don't guzzle so much gasoline."
},
{
"text": "We ran out of gasoline and had to walk."
},
{
"text": "A fire started in a gasoline station near the harbour."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["leaded", "unleaded", "high-octane"],
"… of gasoline": ["gallon", "tank"],
"verb + gasoline": ["run on", "use", "guzzle"],
"gasoline + noun": ["engine", "tank", "pump"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡæsəliːn//ˌɡæsəˈliːn/",
"audio": "ga/gasoline/gasoline__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡæsəliːn//ˌɡæsəˈliːn/",
"audio": "ga/gasoline/gasoline__us_2_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: from gas + -ol + -ine (or -ene)."
}