leaded petrol

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsleaded gasoline

   Broadergasoline

Questions about leaded petrol

What does leaded petrol mean?

leaded petrol means "gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks".

What is another word for leaded petrol?

Close synonyms include leaded gasoline. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leaded petrol a common word?

leaded petrol is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.