oil
Meanings
Plural: oils
Noun
- a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
- Liquid fat.
- Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
- Petroleum.
- An oil painting.
- Oil paint.
Verb
- cover with oil, as if by rubbing
- "oil the wooden surface"
- administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
- To lubricate with oil.
- To grease with oil for cooking.
- To fuel with oil.
- To say in an unctuous manner.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English oyle, oile (“olive oil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman olie, 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. Supplanted Middle English ele (“oil”), from Old English ele (“oil”), also from Latin.
Synonyms
anele, anoint, crude, crude oil, embrocate, fossil oil, inunct, oil color, oil colour, petroleum, rock oil, vegetable oil
Scrabble Score: 3
oil is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordoil is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
oil is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary