fuel oil

English

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Noun

fuel oil (usually uncountable, plural fuel oils)

1. A grade of oil used principally as a fuel.
2. Specifically, the heaviest commercial fuel that can be obtained from crude oil.

Derived terms

• ANFO

See also

• bunker fuel
• bunker

References

• “fuel oil”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.