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residual oil
noun
Definition of RESIDUAL OIL
: fuel oil that remains after the removal of valuable distillates (as gasoline) from petroleum and that is used especially by industry —called also resid
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First Known Use of RESIDUAL OIL
circa 1948
Rhymes with RESIDUAL OIL
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