fuel oil
an oil used for fuel, especially one used as a substitute for coal, as crude petroleum.
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How to use fuel oil in a sentence
Venezuela recently sent its third shipment of fuel oil to Syria.
Despite Massacre, Chávez Fueling Friendship With Syria | Mac Margolis | June 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWe request everybody outside of the disaster area to refrain from hoarding gasoline, light diesel, and heavy fuel oil.
fuel oil, gasoline, lubricating oil—for these three essentials are there no practical substitutes or other adequate sources?
Conservation Through Engineering | Franklin K. Lanefuel oil can be largely supplanted by coal, but for the internal-combustion engine there is no quantitative substitute.
Conservation Through Engineering | Franklin K. LaneA fuel-oil truck disappeared from the street outside of Dabney Brothers' and was found abandoned in the morning.
And Then the Town Took Off | Richard Wilson
fuel oil for the engines, and even lubricating oil, could be sent from the tender to the submarine in a very simple manner.
The Submarine in War and Peace | Simon LakeAnother feature is harmonizing the fuel oil and the lubricating oil so that one will not counteract the effects of the other.
Farm Mechanics | Herbert A. Shearer
British Dictionary definitions for fuel oil
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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