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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)
Familiarity information: DERV used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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