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The Goodwood Festival of Speed, held annually in Britain since 1993 in the grounds of a stately home in West Sussex, is petrolhead heaven. Carmakers are falling out of love with the bigger car shows. They are expensive and frequent. But Goodwood is a classy exception. If you are showing off the epitomes of British-built automotive excellence, such as Jaguars or Bentleys, what better backdrop than an English country house? http://econ.st/1LNG9g7




Definition of petrolhead in English:

noun

British informal
A car fanatic.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
  • If ever there was a device that so perfectly excites the petrolhead to the complete astonishment of lentil-lovers, it's the sports exhaust.
  • Nowadays, the sport does not attract such attention but has lost none of its allure for petrolheads of all ages because rallycross is a unique spectacle that combines the best of the rallying and circuit-racing worlds.
  • To most of the 80,000 petrolheads who will fill the stands at the Kent circuit, A1 is another reason to spend Sunday afternoons watching cars whizzing round in circles.
petro-
Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtrəʊ/

Definition of petro- in English:

combining form

1Of rock; relating to rocks:petrography
2Relating to petroleum:petrodollar

Origin

sense 1 from Greek petros 'stone', petra 'rock'; sense 2from petroleum.

-head 2

combining form

1Denoting the front, forward, or upper part or end of a specified thing:spearheadmasthead
2Forming informal nouns expressing disparagement of a person:airheaddumbhead
3Forming informal nouns denoting an addict or habitualuser of a specified drug:crackhead
3.1Forming informal nouns denoting an enthusiast of a particular thing:he’s a total soccer-head

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