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Meaning of synfuel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Any of several fuels synthesized from coal or shale etc, or fermented from grain etc.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Any of several fuels created by chemical synthesis from simple feed stock inputs, of power, energy, heat, water, carbon dioxide, or simple compounds.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“President Jimmy Carter was proposing a major effort to increase U.S. energy independence by developing “synfuels”—liquid fuels made from coal, oil shales, and tar sands—and scientific experts had warned that this could accelerate CO₂ accumulation.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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