fuel
noun /fjʊəl/Definition
B1 [C or U] a substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by being burned: Wood, coal, oil, petrol and gas are all different kinds of fuel. Plutonium is a fuel used to produce nuclear energy. nuclear fuel unleaded fuel The new exhaust system, it is claimed, will lower fuel consumption.FuelsPetroleum products especially when used as fuel › [U] anything that keeps people's ideas or feelings active, or makes them stronger: Reports in today's newspapers have added fuel to the controversy (= made it worse).Causing things to happen
(Definition of fuel noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -ization suffix
- -ize suffix
- agent noun (CAUSE)
- awaken (sth) in sb phrasal verb
- be associated with sth phrasal verb
- beget verb
- blaze a trail idiom
- draw verb (CAUSE)
- factor noun (FACT)
- instigate verb
- instigator noun
- introduce verb (PUT INTO USE)
- plant verb (PUT)
- produce verb (CAUSE)
- produce verb (RESULT IN)
- stir sth up phrasal verb (EMOTION)
- sure adjective
- the domino effect noun
- usher sth in phrasal verb
- wreak verb
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