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LEADED GASOLINE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks

Example:

combustion of leaded gasoline released lead into the air where it could cause lead poisoning

Synonyms:

leaded gasoline; leaded petrol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("leaded gasoline" is a kind of...):

gas; gasolene; gasoline; petrol (a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines)

Antonym:

unleaded gasoline (gasoline that has not been treated with a lead compound)

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