gas oil

noun

Definition of GAS OIL

: a hydrocarbon oil used as a fuel oil; especially : a petroleum distillate intermediate in boiling range and viscosity between kerosene and lubricating oil

First Known Use of GAS OIL

1901

Rhymes with GAS OIL

coal oil, corn oil, fish oil, fixed oil, free-soil, fuel oil, night soil, palm oil, red soil, rose oil, shale oil, snake oil, sperm oil, subsoil, tung oil, white oil

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