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Noun
S:
(n)
oil
(a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)
S:
(n)
oil
,
oil color
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oil colour
(oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist)
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)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
substance meronym
S:
(n)
carbon
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C
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atomic number 6
(an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
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)
fossil fuel
(fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content)
S:
(n)
vegetable oil
,
oil
(any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
cooking oil
(any of numerous vegetable oils used in cooking)
S:
(n)
sweet oil
(mild vegetable oil when used as food; especially olive or edible rape oil)
S:
(n)
canola oil
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canola
(vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids)
S:
(n)
coconut oil
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copra oil
(oil from coconuts)
S:
(n)
corn oil
(oil from the germs of corn grains)
S:
(n)
cottonseed oil
(edible oil pressed from cottonseeds)
S:
(n)
olive oil
(oil from olives)
S:
(n)
palm oil
(oil from nuts of oil palms especially the African oil palm)
S:
(n)
peanut oil
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groundnut oil
(an oil from peanuts; used in cooking and making soap)
S:
(n)
salad oil
(any of several edible vegetable oils that can be used in salad dressings)
S:
(n)
safflower oil
(oil from seeds of the safflower plant)
S:
(n)
sesame oil
(oil obtained from sesame seeds)
S:
(n)
soybean oil
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soyabean oil
(oil from soya beans)
S:
(n)
sunflower oil
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sunflower-seed oil
(oil from sunflower seeds)
S:
(n)
walnut oil
(oil from walnuts)
S:
(n)
madia oil
(used as a substitute for olive oil)
S:
(n)
drying oil
(an oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base)
substance holonym
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sister term
derivationally related form
Verb
S:
(v)
oil
(cover with oil, as if by rubbing)
"oil the wooden surface"
S:
(v)
anoint
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inunct
,
oil
,
anele
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embrocate
(administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing)