fuel
Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
Noun 3 meanings
Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
“His books were fuel for the revolution.”
Verb 2 meanings
To provide with fuel.
To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.
Etymology
From Middle English fuayle, from Old French fouaille, feuaille (“firewood, kindling”), from feu (“fire”), from Late Latin focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”), whence English focus. Cognate with Spanish fuego (“fire”), and Portuguese fogo (“fire”).
FUEL at a glance
FUEL has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (F 4 + U 1 + E 1 + L 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,894 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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