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FUEL LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fuel line mean?
• FUEL LINE (noun)
The noun FUEL LINE has 1 sense:
1. a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine
Familiarity information: FUEL LINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fuel line; gas line; petrol line
Context example:
the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line
Hypernyms ("fuel line" is a kind of...):
pipage; pipe; piping (a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.)
Holonyms ("fuel line" is a part of...):
fuel system (equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine)
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