burning fuel

collocation in English

meaningsofburningandfuel

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burning
adjective
uk
/ˈbɜː.nɪŋ/us
/ˈbɝː.nɪŋ/
producing ...
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fuel
noun
uk
/ˈfjuː.əl/us
/ˈfjuː.əl/
a substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by ...
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(Definition ofburningandfuelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofburning fuel

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As an analogy, to run a refrigerator to generate a local decrease in temperature requires someone, somewhere to beburningfuelin a power station.
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In the case of external ignition, the hot bubble ofburningfuelhas a tendency to deflagrate into vacuum.
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This prevents the hot gas bubble of theburningfuelto expand rapidly into vacuum and helps theburningfuelto surmount the critical phase of ignition.
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Electron heat conduction is found to be responsible for an efficient burn wave propagation which prevents the hot gas bubble ofburningfuelfrom deflagrating into vacuum.
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Burningfueloil is not the cleanest activity.
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If the air supply faltered, there was no pressure going out and all the smoke, fumes andburningfuelentered your mask.
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For example, there is the possibility of burning smokeless fuel or ofburningfuelsmokelessly.
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Nothing is so wasteful asburningfuelin order to heat the outside air.
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For the remaining one-third they are stationary, but stillburningfuel.
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All appliances forburningfuelscientifically are horribly temperamental.
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There is the cost of the equipment, and, in addition, it is recognised thatburningfueloil will be more costly than burning coal.
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For the remaining third they are stationary, but stillburningfuel.
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It is true that fast-breeders, byburningfuelproduced in thermal reactors, produce for the fuel they burn a 60-to-1 factor of advantage.
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Two thirds of those deaths are thought to be related to indoor air pollution, which is caused principally byburningfuelin confined spaces for cooking and heating.
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First of all, the means of making existing furnaces capable ofburningfuelsmokelessly.
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The backward moving exhaust of aburningfuelpushes a rocket or jet forward.
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A catastrophic fracture of the fuel tanks causedburningfuelto leak into the fuselage, incinerating all but one passenger.
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It sentburningfuelinto the grandstand, injuring at least eleven spectators.
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Two firemen found a way around theburningfuelon the surface of the water and climbed onto the wing with their hose.
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