| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Biomass fuel | Energy | Biomass converted directly to energy or converted to liquid or gaseous fuels such as ethanol, methanol, methane, and hydrogen. (references) | |
| Biomass fuel | Medicine | Biofuels are, as the name implies, renewable energy sources from living things; they are to be distinguished from fossil fuels which are also of biological origin but which are non-renew able (Energy primer, p. 106). Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Biomass fuel | Mining | A renewable fuel derived from a living organism or the by product of a living organism. Biomass fuels include wood, dung, methane gas, and grain alcohol. (references) | |
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