diesel

«diesel» in Mova's school dictionary: a kind of heavy fuel made from oil, used in many trucks… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (diesel; also a diesel, diesels)

meaning for a pupil

1) Diesel is a kind of heavy fuel made from oil, used in many trucks, buses, trains, tractors and some cars. tree →

2) A diesel is a vehicle or engine that uses diesel fuel. tree →

3) It is named after Rudolf Diesel, the engineer who invented the diesel engine (a name). tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, at a petrol station (US: gas station) you choose petrol or diesel; putting the wrong one in a car can break it. In science and geography lessons, diesel is a fossil fuel that gives out carbon dioxide and pollution, so many towns now want electric buses instead. Phrases: «diesel engine», «diesel fuel», «diesel train», «diesel fumes».

examples

• Dad filled the van with diesel. tree →
• The diesel train rumbled into the station. tree →
• Tractors usually run on diesel. tree →
• Diesel fumes make the air dirty. tree →
• Our school bus is now electric, not diesel. tree →
• Never put diesel in a petrol car. tree →

note

Uncountable for the fuel («some diesel»); countable for vehicles («two old diesels»). Capital D only for the inventor's name. Diesel is not the same as petrol (gasoline); the engines are different.

In the corpora

• On a bad day Jake takes Diesel for a long walk instead of shouting at anyone, and comes back calmer.
• Electric trains take their power from overhead wires or from a third rail beside the track; diesel trains carry their own engine.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «diesel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.