petrols

UK car fuels

Petrols is the plural of petrol, the British term for gasoline—the fuel used in internal combustion engines.

The plural appears when distinguishing types or grades: different petrols have different octane ratings, leaded and unleaded petrols.

In American English, the equivalent would be gasolines.

fuel

gasoline

Refined petroleum vehicle fuel

premium · filling station · pump · tank · litre · gallon · combustion · refueling · jerry can · forecourt

automotive

engine

Machine producing motion

consumption · economy · efficiency · combustion · spark · ignition · motor · vehicle · car · driving

industry

refinery

Industrial purification facility

extraction · pipeline · OPEC · drilling · processing · oil rig · tanker · export · import · BP

pricing

pump price

Retail cost of gasoline

  • litreMetric liquid volume
  • gallonLiquid volume unit
  • taxMandatory public revenue charge

duty · subsidy · inflation · expense · cost · budget · rationing · shortage · crisis · hike

Opposites
fuel type

petrolsdiesel

Compression-ignition fuel

diesels · diesel fuel · kerosene · aviation fuel · jet fuel

energy source category

petrolselectricity

Energy from charged particles

electric power · solar power · hydrogen · renewable energy · clean energy

Phrases
Family

petrol, petroleum

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G