GASOLINE ENGINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gasoline engine mean? 

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

1. an internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline; most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GASOLINE ENGINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline; most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gasoline engine; petrol engine

Hypernyms ("gasoline 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)

Meronyms (parts of "gasoline engine"):

inlet manifold (manifold that carries vaporized fuel from the carburetor to the inlet valves of the cylinders)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gasoline engine"):

put-put (a small gasoline engine (as on motor boat))

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

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

 Context examples 

Cyclopenta[c,d]pyrene is primarily found in gasoline engine exhaust.

(Cyclopenta[cd]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)