- fuel
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ clean, smokeless (BrE), unleaded▪ fossil, nuclear▪ diesel, hydrogen▪ liquid, solid▪ domestic (esp. BrE), household▪ aviation, jet, rocket▪ spent▪
The plant reprocesses spent fuel from nuclear power stations.
▪ renewable▪ alternative, conventionalVERB + FUEL▪ burn, consume, run on, use▪power stations which burn fossil fuels
▪What sort of fuel does the car run on?
▪ ignite▪ burn sth as, use sth as▪The power plant burns sugar cane as fuel.
▪ conserve, save▪ waste▪ produce, provide▪ process, reprocess▪ dump (= of an aircraft)FUEL + NOUN▪ bill, costs, prices▪ consumption▪a car with high fuel consumption
▪ economy, efficiency▪The engine gives good fuel economy.
▪ supply▪ gauge, pump, tank▪ cell▪ tanker, truck▪ oil{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbFuel is used with these nouns as the object: ↑anger, ↑appetite, ↑backlash, ↑belief, ↑boom, ↑controversy, ↑debate, ↑demand, ↑desire, ↑discontent, ↑economy, ↑expansion, ↑fantasy, ↑fear, ↑fire, ↑flame, ↑frenzy, ↑growth, ↑hatred, ↑hysteria, ↑imagination, ↑inflation, ↑mistrust, ↑movement, ↑paranoia, ↑passion, ↑perception, ↑rage, ↑resentment, ↑rumour, ↑speculation, ↑suspicion, ↑violence
Collocations dictionary. 2013.