Talk:fuel

what is the plural for Fuel?

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Current definitions for the noun senses are these:
 * 1) a flammable substance
 * 2) a substance consumed to power an engine through the release of chemical or nuclear energy
 * 3) a substance used by a machine or a process to produce energy or power

Some notions:
 * not any flammable substance is a fuel, e.g. gunpowder, flour dust
 * second and third definition are overlapping, if not the same
 * figurative use is omitted
 * at least in other dictionaries fuel also has the sense "food"

I think a better set of definitions would be this:
 * 1) Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, chemical or nuclear reaction.
 * 2) Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
 * 3)  Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
 * His books were fuel for the revolution.
 * Money is the fuel for economy.

Comments? Feel free to make better suggestions. --Hekaheka 09:46, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Mglovesfun (talk) 15:34, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Striking. &#x200b;—msh210℠ 15:27, 16 April 2010 (UTC)