leaded gasoline

Definitions of leaded gasoline
  1. noun
    gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks
    “combustion of leaded gasoline released lead into the air where it could cause lead poisoning”
    synonyms: leaded petrol
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    antonyms:
    unleaded gasoline
    gasoline that has not been treated with a lead compound
    type 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
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