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  • 11oil paint — oil ,paint noun count or uncount a thick paint used by artists, that contains oil …

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  • 12oil — oil1 [ ɔıl ] noun *** ▸ 1 liquid for fuel ▸ 2 used in engines ▸ 3 used in cooking ▸ 4 type of paint ▸ 5 for your skin ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) uncount a thick dark smooth liquid from under the ground, used for making gas and other fuels: The Middle… …

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  • 13oil — I UK [ɔɪl] / US noun Word forms oil : singular oil plural oils *** 1) a) [uncountable] a thick dark smooth liquid from under the ground, used for making petrol and other fuels The Middle Eastern countries produce most of the world s oil. We need… …

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  • 14Oil shale geology — Main article: Oil shale Outcrop of Ordovician kukersite oil shale, northern Estonia. Oil shale geology is a branch of geologic sciences which studies the formation and composition of …

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  • 15oil — oil1 W2S3 [ɔıl] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(fuel)¦ 2¦(natural substance under the ground)¦ 3¦(liquid from plants)¦ 4¦(paint)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: oile, from Latin oleum olive oil , from Greek elaia olive ] …

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  • 16oil*/*/*/ — [ɔɪl] noun I 1) [U] a thick dark smooth liquid used for making petrol and other fuels The house is heated with oil.[/ex] oil prices/companies[/ex] 2) [C/U] a thick smooth liquid, used in cooking and medicines Cook the chicken in oil.[/ex]… …

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  • 17oil — [[t]ɔ͟ɪl[/t]] ♦ oils, oiling, oiled 1) N MASS Oil is a smooth, thick liquid that is used as a fuel and for making the parts of machines move smoothly. Oil is found underground. The company buys and sells about 600,000 barrels of oil a day. ...the …

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  • 18oil — 1 /OIl/ noun 1 (U) a smooth thick mineral liquid that is burned to produce heat, or used to make machines run easily: Check the oil level in your car every week. | oil burning/oil fired: oil fired central heating 2 (U) the thick, dark liquid from …

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  • 19Oil lamp — Neolithic stone lamps in Thousand Lamp Museum in Qiandeng town of Kunshan …

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  • 20Oil sands — The Athabasca oil sands in Alberta, Canada, are a very large source of bitumen, which can be upgraded to synthetic crude oil. Bituminous sands, colloquially known as oil sands or tar sands, are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit. The… …

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