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HEATING OIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heating oil mean?
• HEATING OIL (noun)
The noun HEATING OIL has 1 sense:
1. a petroleum product used for fuel
Familiarity information: HEATING OIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A petroleum product used for fuel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
fuel oil; heating oil
Hypernyms ("heating oil" is a kind of...):
fuel (a substance that can be consumed to produce energy)
oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heating oil"):
gas oil (an oil formed through distillation of petroleum of intermediate boiling range and viscosity)
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