jet fuel en · NOUN
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The fuel that powers a jet aircraft.
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(countable, excessive, humorous, sometimes, uncountable) The fuel that powers a jet aircraft. ▸ Kerosene.
Near-synonym: (often synonymous) lamp oil
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(slang, uncountable) Strong home-brewed alcoholic drink; moonshine; everclear.
Near-synonym: paint thinner
Sometimes I wish I were still out on the back porch, drinking jet fuel with the boys, getting louder and louder as the empty cans drop out of our paws like booster rockets falling back to Earth and we soar up into the summer stars.
1998, Tony Hoagland, Donkey Gospel: Poems, page 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jet fuels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Hypernyms
Synonyms
jet propellant · JP · AVTUR · lamp oil · avtur · avtur · ATF · ATF · jet propellant · AVTUR · JP · paint thinner
Translations (15)
id avtur (type of fuel) · tr uçak yakıtı (type of fuel) · pl bimber (type of alcohol) · de Flugpetrol (type of fuel) · sv jetbränsle (type of fuel) · nl vliegtuigbrandstof (type of fuel) · es combustible de aviación (type of fuel) · fr carburéacteur (type of fuel) · de Düsentreibstoff (type of fuel) · de Düsenkraftstoff (type of fuel) · fi lentopetroli (type of fuel) · fi pontikka (type of alcohol) · es avtur (type of fuel) · pl paliwo do silnika odrzutowego (type of fuel) · ca combustible per a reactors (type of fuel)