oil
Liquid fat.
Noun 4 meanings
Liquid fat.
Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
Petroleum.
“Oil is found in countries such as Saudi Arabia and is transported all over the world.”
An oil painting.
Verb 4 meanings
To lubricate with oil.
To grease with oil for cooking.
To fuel with oil.
To say in an unctuous manner.
Etymology
From Middle English oyle, oile (“olive oil”), borrowed from Old French oile, from Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). Compare Proto-Slavic *lojь. More at olive. Doublet of oleum.
OIL at a glance
OIL has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (O 1 + I 1 + L 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #798 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with oil
All rhymes- SOIL4
- BOIL6
- SPOIL7
- FOIL7
- COIL6
- TURMOIL9
- RECOIL8
- TOIL4
- TOPSOIL9
- TINFOIL10
- BROIL7
- AIRFOIL10
One letter away
- TIL3
- OWL6
- MIL5
- NIL3
- FIL6
- AIL3
- OIK7
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