"petrol engine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: petrol engines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} petrol engine (plural petrol engines)
  1. (mechanics) An internal combustion engine designed to run on petrol (gasoline). Categories (topical): Mechanics Synonyms: gas engine (english: in the less common sense of that term) Coordinate_terms: diesel engine, gas engine (english: in the more common sense of that term), gas turbine, steam engine, steam turbine
    Sense id: en-petrol_engine-en-noun-BtEcwzoS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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