DIESEL ENGINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diesel engine mean? 

• DIESEL ENGINE (noun)
  The noun DIESEL ENGINE has 1 sense:

1. an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil

  Familiarity information: DIESEL ENGINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIESEL ENGINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

diesel; diesel engine; diesel motor

Hypernyms ("diesel engine" is a kind of...):

ICE; internal-combustion engine (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)

Holonyms ("diesel engine" is a part of...):

diesel locomotive (a locomotive driven by a diesel engine)

 Context examples 

An unsaturated aldehyde with commercial applications, including the manufacture of sorbic acid, that is also found in tobacco smoke, gasoline and diesel engine exhausts, and smoke from wood burning.

(Crotonaldehyde, NCI Thesaurus)