petroleum – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
petroleum
n.
dark oil composed of hydrocarbons, flammable fluid that is drilled from the Earth and refined to produce various types of fuel
Petroleum
Petroleum (
L. petroleum, from early 15
c. "petroleum, rock oil" (mid-14c. in Anglo-French), from Medieval Latin petroleum, from : "rock" + : "oil".) is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black
liquid found in
geological formations beneath the
Earth's surface, which is commonly refined into various types of
fuels.
petroleum
Noun
1. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
(synonym) crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil
(hypernym) oil
(hyponym) residual oil, resid
(substance-meronym) carbon, C, atomic number 6
Petroleum (das)
n.
petroleum, oil, flammable fluid that is drilled from the Earth and refined to produce various types of fuel
petroleum (de)
n.
petroleum, oil, gasolene, gasoline, naphtha, paraffin oil
