OILER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oiler mean? 

• OILER (noun)
  The noun OILER has 3 senses:

1. a worker who oils engines or machinery

2. a well that yields or has yielded oil

3. a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk

  Familiarity information: OILER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OILER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A worker who oils engines or machinery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("oiler" is a kind of...):

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

Derivation:

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

oil (cover with oil, as if by rubbing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A well that yields or has yielded oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

oil well; oiler

Hypernyms ("oiler" is a kind of...):

well (a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine)

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

gusher (an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary)

spouter (an oil well that is spouting)

stripper; stripper well (an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day)

wildcat; wildcat well (an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field)

Derivation:

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

oil tanker; oiler; tank ship; tanker

Hypernyms ("oiler" is a kind of...):

cargo ship; cargo vessel (a ship designed to carry cargo)

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

supertanker (the largest class of oil tankers)

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

“Three oilers and a fourth engineer,” was his greeting.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The fourth engineer and the three oilers, after a warm interview with Wolf Larsen, were furnished with outfits from the slop-chests, assigned places under the hunters in the various boats and watches on the vessel, and bundled forward into the forecastle.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)