Oil Olive ɔɪl Drilling Thick Liquid Noun Bre

• drilling for oil
• engine oil
• an oil lamp/heater
• put some oil in the car.

oil

1. a thick liquid that is found in rock underground
• synonym petroleum
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/petroleum
• drilling for oil
2. a form of petroleum that is used as fuel and to make parts of machines move smoothly
• engine oil
• an oil lamp/heater
• Put some oil in the car.
3. a smooth thick liquid that is made from plants or animals and is used in cooking
• olive oil
• vegetable oils
4. a smooth thick liquid that is made from plants, minerals, etc. and is used on the skin or hair
• see also essential oil
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/essential-oil
• lavender bath oil
• suntan oil
5. coloured paint containing oil used by artists
• see also oil paint
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/oil-paint
• a painting done in oils
• landscapes in oil
• = oil painting
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/oil-painting
• Among the more important Turner oils was ‘Venus and Adonis’.
6. to study or work until late at night
7. to try to settle a disagreement or argument

Extra Examples

• ‘Four Women on a Bench’, oil on canvas, 1991
• A daily dose of omega-3 fish oil will help children to concentrate better.
• Fry the potato in a little sunflower oil.
• She rubbed a scented oil into her hair.
• The company is drilling for oil in the North Sea.
• The place smelled of oil.
• The sick were anointed with oil.
• Toast the bread, rub with garlic and drizzle over a little olive oil.
• Use a rag soaked in linseed oil.
• a bottle of extra virgin olive oil
• a rod coated with a film of oil
• a seven-mile-long oil slick off the Alaskan coast
• essential oils extracted from flowers
• oil of rosemary
• Acid rain from the burning oil wells could cause severe environmental damage.
• At the time, oil was trading at around $18 per barrel.
• Drizzle the salad with olive oil and top it with flakes of fresh Parmesan.
• Heat a little olive oil in a non-stick frying pan.
• Several companies are drilling for oil in the region.
• The well produced oil at a rate of 2 000 barrels of oil a day.
• Vegetable oils are better for you than animal fats.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old Northern French olie, Old French oile, from Latin oleum ‘(olive) oil’; compare with olea ‘olive’.