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DERV

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does derv mean? 

DERV (noun)
  The noun DERV has 1 sense:

1. diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines; from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)play

  Familiarity information: DERV used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DERV (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines; from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("derv" is a kind of...):

diesel fuel; diesel oil (a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


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