FOSSIL OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fossil oil mean? 

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

1. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOSSIL 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 ("fossil 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 "fossil 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 "fossil oil"):

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