Definition of oil Oil
/ɔjˈl/ - [oyl] - oil
We found 18 definitions of oil from 7 different sources.
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NounPlural: oil |
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| oil - a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water | ||
| lipid, lipide, lipoid an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) | ||
| sassafras oil oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant | ||
| calamus oil carcinogenic oil from calamus root used as a perfume | ||
| mustard oil oil obtained from mustard seeds and used in making soap | ||
| colza oil, rape oil, rapeseed oil edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant | ||
| safflower oil oil from seeds of the safflower plant | ||
| hydnocarpus oil oil from seeds of trees of the genus Hydnocarpus especially Hydnocarpus wightiana (Hydnocarpus laurifolia) | ||
| babacu oil, babassu oil fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil | ||
| cohune-nut oil, cohune fat, cohune oil semisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palm; used in cooking and soap making | ||
| almond oil, expressed almond oil, sweet almond oil pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds | ||
| hedeoma oil, pennyroyal oil aromatic oil from American pennyroyal | ||
| hyssop oil used chiefly in liqueurs | ||
| spike lavender oil, spike oil pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics | ||
| pennyroyal oil aromatic oil from American pennyroyal | ||
| croton oil viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action | ||
| fuel oil, heating oil a petroleum product used for fuel | ||
| animal oil any oil obtained from animal substances | ||
| camphor oil oil distilled from camphor resin | ||
| lubricating oil, grease a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery) | ||
| essential oil, volatile oil an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings | ||
| mineral oil a distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener) | ||
| motor oil oil used to lubricate the moving parts of a motor | ||
| fatty oil, fixed oil nonvolatile animal or plant oil | ||
| fusel oil a mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors | ||
| stand oil | ||
| neroli oil an odoriferous yellow oil found in orange flowers and used in perfumery and as a flavoring | ||
| tall oil an oil derived from wood pulp and used in making soaps or lubricants | ||
| crude, crude oil, fossil oil, petroleum, rock oil, oil a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons | ||
| shale oil oil extracted from oil shale by heating | ||
| flaxseed oil, linseed oil a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints | ||
| chinese wood oil, tung oil a yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree | ||
| chaulmoogra oil an oil from chaulmoogra trees; used in treatment of skin diseases and leprosy | ||
| oil - oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist | ||
| oil color, oil colour | ||
| oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants | ||
| vegetable oil | ||
| edible fat oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue | ||
| margarine, marge, oleo, oleomargarine, margarin a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | ||
| cooking oil any of numerous vegetable oils used in cooking | ||
| sweet oil mild vegetable oil when used as food; especially olive or edible rape oil | ||
| canola, canola oil vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids | ||
| coconut oil, copra oil oil from coconuts | ||
| corn oil oil from the germs of corn grains | ||
| cottonseed oil edible oil pressed from cottonseeds | ||
| olive oil oil from olives | ||
| palm oil oil from nuts of oil palms especially the African oil palm | ||
| groundnut oil, peanut oil an oil from peanuts; used in cooking and making soap | ||
| salad oil any of several edible vegetable oils that can be used in salad dressings | ||
| safflower oil oil from seeds of the safflower plant | ||
| sesame oil oil obtained from sesame seeds | ||
| soyabean oil, soybean oil oil from soya beans | ||
| sunflower-seed oil, sunflower oil oil from sunflower seeds | ||
| walnut oil oil from walnuts | ||
| madia oil used as a substitute for olive oil | ||
| oil - a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons | ||
| petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil | ||
| oil oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist | ||
| fossil fuel fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content | ||
| atomic number 6, carbon, c a copy made with carbon paper | ||
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| oil - cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface" | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| oil - administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | ||
| anoint, inunct, anele, embrocate | ||
| bless give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- oil (n.)
Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol. - oil (v. t.)
To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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oil
Fat in a liquid form. -
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To smear or soak with oil, as if by rubbing.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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oil
oil, n. the juice from the fruit of the olive-tree: any greasy liquid.—v.t. to smear or anoint with oil.—ns. Oil′bag, a bag or cyst in animals containing oil; Oil′cake, a cake made of flax seed from which the oil has been pressed out; Oil′cloth, a painted floorcloth; Oil′-col′our, a colouring substance mixed with oil; Oil′er, one who, or that which, oils: an oil-can: (coll.) a coat of oilskin; Oil′ery, the commodities of an oil-man; Oil′-gas, illuminating gas or heating gas made by distilling oil in closed retorts; Oil′iness; Oil′-man, one who deals in oils; Oil′-mill, a grinding-mill for expressing oil from seeds, nuts, &c.; Oil′nut, the butter-nut of North America; Oil′-paint′ing, a picture painted in oil-colours: the art of painting in oil-colours; Oil′-palm, a palm whose fruit-pulp yields palm-oil; Oil′-press, a machine for expressing oils from seeds or pulp; Oil′skin, cloth made waterproof by means of oil: a garment made of oilskin; Oil′-spring, a spring whose water contains oily matter: a fissure or area from which petroleum, &c. oozes; Oil′stone, a fine-grained kind of stone used, when wetted with oil, for sharpening tools; Oil′-well, a boring made for petroleum.—adj. Oil′y, consisting of, containing, or having the qualities of oil: greasy.—Strike oil (see Strike). [O. Fr. oile (Fr. huile)—L. oleum—Gr. elaion—elaia, the olive.]
Wikipedia 
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The word oil is used for many different kinds of liquids. Oil usually does not mix with water.
Some oils are made from plants and used in foods and for cooking. Some kinds of plant oils that people use are African oil palm, maize ("corn"), olive, peanut, soy, and sunflower.
Other kinds of oil are made from crude oil ("petroleum") which comes from under the ground. People use large oil wells to bring the oil to the top of the ground. The oil is sent in special ships called tankers or in pipelines to factories called refineries where it is distilled into LPG, gasoline ("petrol"), diesel oil, and bitumen. Plastics are also normally made from crude oil. Oils from crude oil are also used as fuels for engines or to make the parts of machines work together without sticking or stopping.
Different kinds of oils are also used for many other things, for example to make cosmetics, medicines, paints, and detergents, like washing up liquids. Soaps are similar to detergents, but they are generally made from animal fats rather than oils.
There is also synthetic oil.
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