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LEADED GASOLINE
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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:
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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