petrodiesel

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noun

Diesel derived from petroleum (contrasted with biodiesel).

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Meanings

nounpetrodiesel (countable and uncountable, plural petrodiesels)

plural petrodiesels

  1. countableretronymuncountableDiesel derived from petroleum (contrasted with biodiesel).

    Biodiesel these days is selling at about the same prices as petrodiesel, or even a little more in many places.

    2008 May 18, Jim Norman, “Fuel From Plants, Not Oil Wells”, in New York Times
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    Biodiesel is a technologically feasible alternative to petrodiesel, but nowadays biodiesel costs 1.5 to 3 times more than fossil diesel in developed countries.

    2007, Ayhan Demirbas, Biodiesel: A Realistic Fuel Alternative for Diesel Engines, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 197

Origin

From petro- + diesel.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “petrodiesel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petrodiesel.

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