LUBRICATING OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lubricating oil mean? 

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

1. a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUBRICATING OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

grease; lubricating oil

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

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

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

axle grease (a thick heavy grease used to lubricate axles)

 Context examples 

Nitrobenzene is primarily used in the manufacture of aniline, but is also used in the manufacture of lubricating oils, dyes, drugs, pesticides, and synthetic rubber.

(Nitrobenzene, NCI Thesaurus)

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)