fuel oil

American  

noun

1. an oil used for fuel, especially one used as a substitute for coal, as crude petroleum.

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fuel oil British  

noun

1. a liquid petroleum product having a flash point above 37.8°C: used as a substitute for coal in industrial furnaces, domestic heaters, ships, and locomotives

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fuel oil

The government says it has run out of diesel and fuel oil needed to power the generators that supplement the electricity production of its dilapidated power plants.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

Cuba has completely run out of diesel and fuel oil, the country's energy minister Vicente de la O Levy has said.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

Energy was up 18% from a year earlier; within that gasoline was up 28% and fuel oil jumped 54%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

The average price of very low-sulfur fuel oil has risen 70% to $925 per metric ton at the world’s top ports since the war started.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

Near us, two sailors with axes chopped at lines, and two big life rafts plunged toward the water, which looked blade except for pools of fire from burning fuel oil.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor