CRUDE OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crude oil mean? 

• CRUDE OIL (noun)
  The noun CRUDE OIL has 1 sense:

1. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

  Familiarity information: CRUDE OIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRUDE OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

crude; crude oil; fossil oil; oil; petroleum; rock oil

Hypernyms ("crude oil" is a kind of...):

fossil fuel (fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content)

oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)

Meronyms (substance of "crude oil"):

atomic number 6; C; carbon (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crude oil"):

resid; residual oil (oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled)

 Context examples 

The kind of oil spilled in the Gulf, light crude oil, can cause skin irritation.

(Oil Spills, NIH)

Benzo(k)fluoranthene is primarily found in gasoline exhaust, cigarette smoke, coal tar, coal and oil combustion emissions, lubricating oils, used motor oils and crude oils.

(Benzo[k]fluoranthene, NCI Thesaurus)

Benzo(j)fluoranthene is primarily found in certain foods, cigarette smoke, gasoline exhaust, coal tar, coal smoke, oil heat emissions, crude oils and used motor oils.

(Benzo[j]fluoranthene, NCI Thesaurus)

Benzene is found in crude oils and as a by-product of oil-refining processes.

(Benzene, NCI Thesaurus)