synfuel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: syn-fu-el
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noun

Any of several fuels synthesized from coal or shale etc, or fermented from grain etc.

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noun

Any of several fuels created by chemical synthesis from simple feed stock inputs, of power, energy, heat, water, carbon dioxide, or simple compounds.

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Example Sentences

"President Jimmy Carter was proposing a major effort to increase U.S. energy independence by developing “synfuels”—liquid fuels made from coal, oil shales, and tar sands—and scientific experts had warned that this could accelerate CO₂ accumulation."

Etymology

Blend of synthetic + fuel.

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Inflected Forms

synfuels (plural) syn-fuel (alternative) syn fuel (alternative) synthfuel (alternative) synth-fuel (alternative) synth fuel (alternative) synthetic fuel (alternative)