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derv [dɜːv]
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a Brit name for diesel oil when used for road transport
[from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)]
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Noun1.derv - diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines; from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
diesel fuel, diesel oil - a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines
Translations
derv [dɜːv] N (Brit) → gasoil m
derv [ˈdɜːrv] n (British) → gasoil m
derv
n (Brit) → Diesel(kraftstoff) m, → Dieselöl nt
derv [dɜːv] n (Brit) → gasolio
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Now the dirty derv merchants have really cost schools a packet after 50 tons of the cat litter they use to filter red diesel was dumped at an education board depot in Coleraine.
Crazy fuel prices play into hands of gangs by The Mirror (London, England)
Facts Main organisers DUPLAYS For more information contact: Ravi Bhusari: 050-3524506 or Derv Rao: 050-5137167 or mail info@duplays.
Soccer passion runs high by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
Derv is the lifeblood of the freight industry and has risen much more than petrol.
No barrel of laughs at the fuel pumps; in association with RBS by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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