Oiler

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that oils engines or machinery.
  • n. Nautical An oil tanker.
  • n. Nautical A ship that burns oil as fuel.
  • n. See oilcan.
  • n. See oil well.
  • n. Informal An oilskin garment.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An oil tanker
  • n. An oil well
  • n. A junior role in the engine room of a ship, senior only to a wiper, consisting mainly of keeping machinery lubricated.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who deals in oils.
  • n. One who, or that which, oils.
  • n. An oil tanker.
  • n. A ship which is powered by oil.
  • n. An oilcan.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An appliance for distributing oil to the bearings or rubbing surfaces of machines.
  • n. An oil-can, generally having a long spout curved at the outer extremity, used by an attendant for supplying oil to parts of engines or other machines.
  • n. An operative employed to attend to the oiling of engines or other machinery.
  • n. A vessel engaged in the oil-trade, or in the transportation of oils.
  • n. An oilskin coat.
  • n. An oil-merchant; an oilman.
  • n. An oil-well.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
  • n. a well that yields or has yielded oil
  • n. a worker who oils engines or machinery
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    worker   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    oil tanker   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    oilcan   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Euler    boiler    broiler    spoiler   
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