fuel oil

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

fuel oil (usually uncountable, plural fuel oils)

  2. Any of various grades of oil used principally as fuel.
    Hypernyms: oil, fuel
    Hyponyms: diesel, heating oil, mazut, mazout, bunker oil, bunker fuel, bunker
    Coordinate terms: motor oil, engine oil < lubricating oil
    1. The heaviest commercial fuel that can be obtained from crude oil.
      Near-synonyms: bunker oil, bunker fuel, bunker (ellipsis)

Derived terms

  • ANFO (“ammonium nitrate–fuel oil”)

References

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