oiler

[ oi-ler ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that oils.

  2. a worker employed to oil machinery.

  1. any of several devices, other than pressure devices, for feeding lubricating oil to a bearing.

  2. an oilcan.

  3. Often oilers. an oilskin garment, especially a coat.

  4. a ship using oil as fuel.

Origin of oiler

1
First recorded in 1545–55; oil + -er1

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How to use oiler in a sentence

  • Nobody at the job stayed dry for more than three minutes; a bathing-suit would have been more to the point than oilers.

British Dictionary definitions for oiler

oiler

/ (ˈɔɪlə) /


noun
  1. a person, device, etc, that lubricates or supplies oil

  2. an oil tanker

  1. an oil well

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