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Noun
S:
(n)
grease
,
lubricating oil
(a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery))
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full hyponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
oil
(a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)
S:
(n)
sassafras oil
(oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant)
S:
(n)
calamus oil
(carcinogenic oil from calamus root used as a perfume)
S:
(n)
mustard oil
(oil obtained from mustard seeds and used in making soap)
S:
(n)
rape oil
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rapeseed oil
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colza oil
(edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant)
S:
(n)
safflower oil
(oil from safflower seeds used as food as well as in medicines and paints)
S:
(n)
hydnocarpus oil
(oil from seeds of trees of the genus Hydnocarpus especially Hydnocarpus wightiana (Hydnocarpus laurifolia))
S:
(n)
babassu oil
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babacu oil
(fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil)
S:
(n)
cohune-nut oil
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cohune oil
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cohune fat
(semisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palm; used in cooking and soap making)
S:
(n)
almond oil
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expressed almond oil
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sweet almond oil
(pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds)
S:
(n)
pennyroyal oil
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hedeoma oil
(aromatic oil from American pennyroyal)
S:
(n)
hyssop oil
(used chiefly in liqueurs)
S:
(n)
spike lavender oil
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spike oil
(pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics)
S:
(n)
pennyroyal oil
(oil from European pennyroyal having an odor like mint; used chiefly in soaps)
S:
(n)
croton oil
(viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action)
S:
(n)
fuel oil
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heating oil
(a petroleum product used for fuel)
S:
(n)
animal oil
(any oil obtained from animal substances)
S:
(n)
camphor oil
(oil distilled from camphor resin)
S:
(n)
grease
,
lubricating oil
(a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery))
S:
(n)
essential oil
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volatile oil
(an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings)
S:
(n)
mineral oil
(a distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener))
S:
(n)
motor oil
(oil used to lubricate the moving parts of a motor)
S:
(n)
fixed oil
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fatty oil
(nonvolatile animal or plant oil)
S:
(n)
fusel oil
(a mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors)
S:
(n)
stand oil
(a thick oil comprised of linseed, tung, or soya oils which have been heated to over 300 C)
S:
(n)
neroli oil
(an odoriferous yellow oil found in orange flowers and used in perfumery and as a flavoring)
S:
(n)
tall oil
(an oil derived from wood pulp and used in making soaps or lubricants)
S:
(n)
petroleum
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crude oil
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crude
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rock oil
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fossil oil
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oil
(a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons)
S:
(n)
shale oil
(oil extracted from oil shale by heating)
S:
(n)
linseed oil
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flaxseed oil
(a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints)
S:
(n)
tung oil
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Chinese wood oil
(a yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree)
S:
(n)
chaulmoogra oil
(an oil from chaulmoogra trees; used in treatment of skin diseases and leprosy)
S:
(n)
lemongrass
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lemon grass
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lemongrass oil
(an aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines)
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
dirt
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filth
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grime
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soil
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stain
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grease
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grunge
(the state of being covered with unclean things)
Verb
S:
(v)
grease
(lubricate with grease)
"grease the wheels"
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
grease
[Related to:
grease
] (a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery))
W:
(n)
grease
[Related to:
grease
] (the state of being covered with unclean things)
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