light oil

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light oil (uncountable)

  2. (petrochemistry) The oily product, lighter than water, forming the chief fraction of the first distillate of coal tar, and consisting largely of benzene and toluene.
    Hypernym: oil
  4. Any of various types of low-viscosity lubricating oil. Sometimes named for principal uses (e.g., spindle oil, sewing machine oil).
    Hypernyms: lubricating oil < oil

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