Dictionary Entry
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.
3 letters · Scrabble 3 · Words With Friends 4 · 8 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2transitive verb
To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.
- 3noun
oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- 4noun
any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
- 5noun
a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- 6noun
a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- 7verb
administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
- 8verb
cover with oil, as if by rubbing
"oil the wooden surface"
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