Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun diesel_engine

1 sense of diesel engine

Sense 1
diesel, diesel engine, diesel motor -- (an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil)
       => internal-combustion engine, ICE -- (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)