Usually means: Ancient organic materials used for energy.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word fossil fuels:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. fossil fuels: Merriam-Webster
  2. fossil fuels: Collins English Dictionary
  3. fossil fuels: Vocabulary.com
  4. fossil-fuels: Wordnik
  5. fossil fuels: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. fossil fuels: Wiktionary
  7. fossil fuels: Dictionary.com
  8. Fossil Fuels, Fossil fuels: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Fossil fuels: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Fossil fuels: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  3. Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Fossil Fuels: Glossary of Air Pollution Terms
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See fossil_fuel as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (fossil fuel)

noun:  Any fuel derived from hydrocarbon deposits such as coal, petroleum, natural gas and, to some extent, peat; these fuels are non-renewable, and their burning moves carbon from underground into the atmosphere via the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
▸ Also see fossil_fuel


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