oil
31oil — /ɔɪl / (say oyl) noun 1. any of a large class of hydrocarbons or esters typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether and other organic solvents, but not in water, which are used for anointing,… …
32oil — n. 1) to drill for; hit, strike oil 2) to pump oil 3) to produce; refine oil 4) crude; refined oil 5) household; lubricating; machine; motor oil 6) castor; coconut; cod liver; cooking; corn; cottonseed; linseed; mineral; olive; palm; peanut;… …
33oil — 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 ] …
34oil — 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… …
35oil — noun 1 used as fuel/to make machines work smoothly ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ light ▪ crude ▪ refined ▪ offshore ▪ …
36oil — [[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 …
37oil — 1. noun 1) make sure the car has enough oil we heat our house with oil Syn: lubricant, lubrication, grease; crude, crude oil, fuel oil, petroleum; informal black gold; humorous Texas tea 2) brown the beef in hot oil Syn …
38Oil — The vernacular for petroleum, a naturally occurring liquid composed of hydrocarbons, the industrial use of which increased dramatically during the nineteenth century. Much of the exploration and industrial development of uses for oil was done… …
39oil — 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 …
40oil — n 1. lubricant, lubricator, Inf. lube, Pharm. oleum, petrolatum, petroleum jelly, Trademark. Vaseline, baby oil; Chem. glycerol, Chem. glycerin; graphite, plumago, black lead; mineral oil, vegetable oil, olive oil, corn oil, cod liver oil; grease …
