oil
Meaning
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- Liquid fat.
- Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
- Petroleum.
- An oil painting.
- Oil paint.
- Containing oil, conveying oil; intended for or capable of containing oil.
Synonyms
liquid oil
anele
oil color
oil colour
rendered fat
inunct
oil-painting
rock-oil
any unctuous substance
grease liquor
apply oil
lubricating grease
anoint the head
oil the hair
smear with
viscous liquid
oil-based
oiling a machine
melted fat
food oil
fat liquoring
cooking fat
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɔɪ(ə)l/
Etymology
From Middle English oyle, oile (“olive oil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman olie, from Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). Compare Proto-Slavic *lojь. More at olive. Doublet of oleum. Supplanted Middle English ele (“oil”), from Old English ele (“oil”), also from Latin.
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