gasolene
Plural: gasolenes
Noun
- A volatile flammable liquid fuel, also known as gasoline.
- a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
- Alternative spelling of gasoline.
Examples
- He considered playing GASOLENE to get rid of his extra ’E’s, but a better word appeared.
Origin / Etymology
From Cazeline (possibly influenced by Gazeline, the name of an Irish copy), a brand of petroleum-derived lighting oil, from the surname of the man who first marketed it in 1862, John Cassell, and the suffix –eline, from Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil, olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). Gasolene is found from 1863, and gasoline from 1864.
Scrabble Score: 9
gasolene: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgasolene: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gasolene: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
gasolene: valid Words With Friends Word