Definition of Gasolene

Noun: gasolene ,ga-su'leen or 'ga-su,leen
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: 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
"during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasolene";
- gasoline [N. Amer], gas [N. Amer], petrol [Brit]