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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Example Sentences

Energy Information Administration reports that national distillate fuel oil consumption is overwhelmingly concentrated in the transportation industry.

From MarketWatch

Energy Information Administration reports that national distillate fuel oil consumption is overwhelmingly concentrated in the transportation industry.

From MarketWatch

Other alternatives to fuel oil that have been used in commercial shipping—like methanol, ammonia and natural gas—are either in short supply, toxic to the environment or cut emissions by only around 25%.

From The Wall Street Journal

Turkey is the largest buyer of Russian oil products like diesel and fuel oil, and one of the largest of Russian crude after China and India.

From The Wall Street Journal

At least one tanker has left Venezuela since that ship, the Skipper, was confiscated, but it was carrying fuel oil, not the more valuable crude.

From The Wall Street Journal