coal oil

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kohl oil]
- /koʊl ɔɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kohl oil]
- /koʊl ɔɪl/

Definitions of coal oil words

noun coal oil petroleum or a refined product from petroleum, esp kerosene 3
noun coal oil a crude oil produced, together with coal gas, during the distillation of bituminous coal 3
noun coal oil kerosene or any other oil obtained by fractional distillation of petroleum 3
noun coal oil crude petroleum 3
noun coal oil unrefined oil, obtained by destructive distillation of coal: used as a lamp fuel 3
noun coal oil petroleum obtained by the destructive distillation of bituminous coal. 1

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Origin of coal oil

First appearance:

before 1855

One of the 30% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1855-60

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Parts of speech for Coal oil

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determiner

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coal oil popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for coal oil

noun coal oil

crude — A crude method or measurement is not exact or detailed, but may be useful or correct in a rough, general way.
oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
black gold — petroleum
petrol — British. gasoline.
rock oil — petroleum.

All 5 Synonyms of coal oil