oil
oil is a 3-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol. Face value is 3 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.
- transitive verb. To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.
- noun. oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- noun. any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
- noun. a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- noun. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- verb. administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
- verb. cover with oil, as if by rubbing
"oil the wooden surface"
Synonyms
crude, petroleum, anele, anoint, embrocate, inunct
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in oil:
Common word forms
oils, oiled, oiler, oiling, oilless
Words from these letters
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