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Definition: Lubricating Oil |
Lubricating OilNoun1. A thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | Oil used for lubrication-generally a mineral oil. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Lubricating OilSynonym: grease (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Lubrication | Synovia; glycerine, oil, lubricating oil, grease; saliva; lather. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Lubricating Oil |
| English words defined with "lubricating oil": lard oil. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lubricating oil": assembler, lawn-and-garden machinery, assembler, tractor ♦ bloom of oil ♦ case assembler ♦ D.E.R.V.-fuel, dieseling ♦ fire point ♦ gas-oil, grease lubricant ♦ IMPREGNATOR ♦ lubricating grease, lubricating oil pump, lubricating pump, lubrication pump ♦ main-line assembler, MARINE OILER ♦ oil thrower ♦ persistent oil, petroleum bloom, PROGRESSIVE ASSEMBLER AND FITTER ♦ RECLAIMED OIL ♦ summer black oil ♦ THREADING-MACHINE FEEDER, AUTOMATIC I, tractor-fuel. (references) |
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 | Oil. Oil for the armies of democracy is stored in these huge tanks at the McKean plant of the Quaker State Refining Company, Bradford, Pennsylvania. This company refines much high-quality lubricating oil for the military machinery of the Army and Navy. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lubricating oil loading racks the Mid-continent refinery. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Expression using "lubricating oil": lubricating oil pump. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lubricating oil | 22 |
lubricating oil used | 5 |
lubricating oil sprayers | 4 |
gun lubricating oil | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lubricating oil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | زيت التشحييم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | smøreolie (oil lubricant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | smeerolie (oil lubricant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | voiteluöljy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lubrifiant (lubricant, lubricative, lubrifiant), huile de graissage (lube oil, oil lubricant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schmieröl (oil lubricant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έλαιο προς αξιοποίηση (reclaimed lubricating oil, reclaimed oil, recovered oil, re-refined oil), αντλία λαδιού (lubricating oil pump, lubricating pump, lubrication pump, oil pump). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kenőolaj (lube oil, machine oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lubrificante (lubricant, lubricating), olio per lubrificazione (oil lubricant), olio lubrificante (oil lubricant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 潤滑油 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じゅ"かつゆ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ooill smarree. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubricatinglay oilay lubrificante (ointment), oleo lubrificante (oil lubricant), óleo lubrificante (lubricant). (various references) lubrificante (lubricant), aceite lubricante, aceite de engrase (oil lubricant). (various references) regenererad olja (reclaimed lubricating oil, reclaimed oil, recovered oil, re-refined oil), oljepump (lubricating oil pump, lubricating pump, lubrication pump, oil pump), återvunnen olja (reclaimed lubricating oil, reclaimed oil, recovered oil, re-refined oil). (various references) motor yağı (engine oil, lube oil, motorine), makine yağı (grease, lube oil, slush). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-g-i-i-i-l-l-n-o-r-t-u" | |
-3 letters: lubricating, lubrication. | |
-4 letters: curtailing, granulitic, liturgical, trilingual. | |
-5 letters: albinotic, articling, balloting, bilingual, binocular, botulinal, brailling, brilliant, carolling, cigarillo, ciliation, cloturing, collaring, collating, incubator, labouring, librating, libration, lubricant, outracing, tabouring, tailoring, triclinia, troubling. | |
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