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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PE'TROL
PETRO'LEUM, n. [Gr. a stone, and oil; quasi petrolaion.]
Rock oil, a liquid inflammable substance or bitumen exuding from the earth and collected on the surface of the water in wells, in various parts of the world, or oozing from cavities in rocks. This is essentially composed of carbon and hydrogen.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French essence de pétrole, literally, essence of petroleum Date: 1895 chiefly British gasoline

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Brit. 1 refined petroleum used as a fuel in motor vehicles, aircraft, etc. 2 (attrib.) concerned with the supply of petrol (petrol pump; petrol station). Phrases and idioms: petrol bomb a simple bomb made of a petrol-filled bottle and a wick. Etymology: F pétrole f. med.L petroleum: see PETROLEUM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Petrol Pe*trol", n. Petroleum. [R.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Petrol is a liquid which is used as a fuel for motor vehicles. (BRIT; in AM, use gas, gasoline)

Moby Thesaurus

avgas, benzine, coal oil, crude, crude oil, electricity, ethyl, ethyl gas, fossil oil, gas, gasoline, high-octane gas, high-test, illuminant, illuminating gas, kerosene, lead-free gas, light source, low-lead gas, luminant, motor oil, oil, paraffin, petroleum, premium gas, regular, rock oil